"Then have you figured out the specific requirements for recruiting the convoy, this is not the same thing as army recruitment."

Jiang Jiang Zuo habitually took out a pen and paper and wanted to record it.

"You don't need to remember this, you have enough work, and it's too much to give it to you." Cheng Nuo raised his hand and pressed down and asked him to put away the pen and paper: "For now, we are just discussing together, and we will make a decision when we return to Beijing, and a special person will deal with it."

However, it is not necessary to say that some of the members of the escort who have performed well will be sent to Europe and America to protect you after passing the training, and then they will be responsible for your safety. ”

"Don't, you're talking like that, then I have to record it well, the life of the net worth is all the responsibility of others, if you don't be 10,000 percent careful, I can't sleep at night, let's have more snacks." Jiang Jiang Zuo became more cautious when he heard this, and crossed Erlang's legs and put the notebook on his lap so that he could write down the text smoothly.

Cheng Nuo no longer persuaded, and said in a different tone: "It doesn't have to be among the refugees to select escort personnel, if the standard is determined, you can also transcribe it, and when you meet a good seedling, tell me directly, if you meet the requirements, we will also admit it directly, and the extremely outstanding ones can also not be confined to the rules." ”

Cai Yuanpei picked up the teacup and took a sip on the side of his mouth: "Zhiyuan, where did you get this tea, although it is not among the top ten famous teas, it is not an ordinary thing." ”

Cheng Nuo withdrew his gaze and said curiously: "Cai Gong, I have never been very particular about drinking tea, the most enjoyable way is to drink cows, and the tea cakes are also given to me by others, and this is also a waste in me, just the sword is given to the hero, and the good tea is given to Cai Gong." ”

Cai Yuanpei shook his head and said with a smile: "It's because I don't understand that I have to drink more, and I should keep good tea for myself." This tea is one of the six major types of tea white tea, to be full of white hair, such as silver like snow and get the name, the fragrance is fresh, the soup color is yellow and green clear, the taste is light and sweet, it can be regarded as a treasure in the tea. ”

Cheng Nuo looked at the ups and downs of the tea leaves in the cup, and said thoughtfully: "Cai Gong, you're talking more than just tea, right?" ”

"Tea is good tea, but few people drink it." Cai Yuanpei pushed the teapot to the middle of the coffee table and explained: "The ancients said that 'the rich don't learn literature, and the poor don't practice martial arts', for children from poor families, it is not easy to eat enough in ordinary times, and physical development is generally not the level that this age should have."

Coupled with the impact of the flood in Zhili, the physical condition of these young people is even worse, if you want to choose a suitable candidate for the escort team from this group of people, it is not easy, you had better be mentally prepared. ”

Cheng Nuo refilled the kettle with hot water and closed the lid: "I don't know if Cai Gong can give some suggestions, for this aspect, I just have an idea for the time being, and the specific details are still being calculated." ”

Looking at the smoke rising from the spout, Cai Yuanpei had memories on his face: "Back then, Yuan Xiangcheng changed the Dingwu Army to the "New Army" (that is, the Beiyang New Army), and then set up infantry, horses, artillery, engineering, baggage and other arms with reference to the German military system.

After the establishment was established, Yuan Shikai began to eliminate the old, weak, sick and disabled in the ranks, and improve the combat ability of individual soldiers.

First, with both hands raised, it can lift 100 pounds of heavy objects;

Second, the height must be more than 1.5 meters;

Third, under the premise of carrying a load, it can march 20 miles in an hour;

Fourth, be between 20 and 25 years old;

Fifth, the nation is Han, and smokers, drunkards, rich young masters, and banner people are all wanted

Sixth, be in good health and have no disease.

It was on the basis of these six requirements that Yuan Xiangcheng screened out more than 3,000 new troops, started with this and gradually expanded the scale, and everyone knew what was going on. ”

In ancient China, there was a saying that "a good man is not a soldier, and a good iron is not a nail", for ordinary people, if they are not really cornered, they really will not let their children become soldiers. Moreover, at that time, corruption was rife in the Eight Banners and the Green Battalion, and there was only a small amount of 2 taels of silver left in the hands of the soldiers.

Yuan Datou took advantage of this point, and in addition to the policy of elite soldiers, he also stipulated that the salaries of the new army were completely open, and no deductions were allowed, and each salary was personally delivered to the soldiers. At that time, ordinary soldiers of the Beiyang New Army had a salary of 4.5 taels of silver per month, and there was no problem in supporting their families.

Therefore, he can get the support of the Beiyang army, except that he basically will not obey anyone's orders, only knowing that there is Yuan Datou, but not the imperial court.

Cheng Nuo nodded while listening: "At this time, the physical fitness of the victims will not be much better, and the strength and endurance are far inferior to those in the army, so the first and third items can be appropriately reduced in combination with the actual situation."

Considering that we are an elite soldier policy, there are not many people recruited, and the second height must be raised some requirements, and one meter five for men is too low. ”

Jiang Jiang Zuo poked his head over and asked, "One meter five five?" ”

"No, more than one meter six." Cheng Nuo said without thinking.

As far as modern society is concerned, between 1985 and 2019, the average height of men in our country increased by nearly 8 centimeters to 175.7 centimeters, and the average height of women increased by nearly 6 centimeters to 163.5 centimeters, surpassing Japan and South Korea to become the first in East Asia.

But looking back at our thousands of years of history, our so-called "becoming the first in East Asia" is actually just "returning to the first in East Asia", because in the past thousands of years, the Chinese have been the tallest in East Asia for most of the time, and even in the world, our height can almost always be regarded as standing out.

Taking Shandong people as an example, in a series of "cultural relics" unearthed from a site in the 80s of the 20th century, the bones of the ancients are particularly conspicuous, not to say how precious it is, but to say that these bones are generally relatively high, the highest can reach 1.9 meters, and more than 1.8 meters abound, which is extremely majestic.

And this is not an example, later 30,000 years ago the ancestor of the cave people on the top of the mountain, found that their general height exceeded 165 cm, to the later Neolithic period, the same is true, after the Qin and Han dynasties, the Three Kingdoms, the two Jin, the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the Sui, Tang, Song, Yuan, and Ming dynasties, even in some troubled times, the height of the Chinese did not fluctuate drastically.

As for adult men in Europe, taking the impression of tall and tall Northern Europe as an example, the average height of Swedish New Deal soldiers is 166 centimeters, which is not much taller than us at this time. By the time of the Ming Dynasty, many missionaries came to the Ming Dynasty and claimed that the Ming Dynasty people were taller than Europeans, which now seems to be not a lie.

Until the Manchu Qing Dynasty, thanks to the blessing of the Tartars, our height plummeted to 161.5 cm, and even our ancestors were inferior to the cave people on the top of the mountain, and in the days to come, they were successively surpassed by Japan and South Korea, which made people not hate the itchy teeth.

Hearing that the height of the selection escort team should be more than 160 centimeters, Jiang Jiang Zuo stopped talking.

Cai Yuanpei found out about this, and after understanding what was going on, he smiled slightly: "One meter six will not be too high, so that although some people can be recruited, the number that meets the requirements will not be too much." ”

Cheng Nuo poured new tea for the two of them again and explained: "It is precisely because we don't recruit many people that the requirements are a little higher, and besides, we are only recruiting the academy guards, in fact, we are just school workers, and we don't need many people." ”

Of course, the so-called escort team is only nominal, and in essence only obeys Cheng Nuo's orders, in addition to maintaining the personal safety of important targets of the Academy of Sciences, it is more important to perform some special tasks. It is necessary to invest a lot of manpower and material resources in this regard, and everyone who can come in must be cautious.

Of course, only Cheng Nuo knows these thoughts, even if Cai Yuanpei is sitting opposite, it is impossible for him to say all his thoughts.

For this reason, Cheng Nuo specially added: "I have no intention of asking about politics, these are just to protect the safety of teachers and students in the school, to prevent thieves and bandits, the total number is expected to exceed 100 people, in the face of such a number of victims, I think I can still select a batch." ”

Jiang Jiang Zuo nodded, and asked again: "Except for these three requirements, there is nothing else?" ”

Cheng Nuo said with a smile: "If you want Yuan Xiangcheng to be able to use this elite army, there must be something reasonable, but time has changed, and the remaining three need to be changed." ”

Jiang Jiang Zuo quickly wrote on the paper, raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Then I'll listen to you." ”

"Three stinkers, top Zhuge Liang, you still have to continue to give your opinions." Cheng Nuo said with a smile.

"It's easy to say, you have to say it first, don't you?" Cai Yuanpei was gentle and warm: "Maybe what you said is just right, we don't need to change it, take it out and use it directly." ”

"Then I'll be respectful and obey." Cheng Nuo cleared his throat and said the last three of the changes: "First of all, in terms of age, it is adjusted to be between 16 and 20 years old, in addition to daily training in the early stage, it is also good to make up for their cultural level, and it is not okay to be illiterate in the Academy of Sciences;

The second is identity, this point does not need to be confined to Han, as long as it is a Chinese and has no bad habits and criminal records, we can open the door to it, equal pay for equal work, speak with ability, and will not engage in any special requirements;

Finally, personal health, this point is not a big change, if there are some minor illnesses such as headache and fever, as long as they can be cured by our medical school, they can participate in our escort team selection, and the excellent ones can further their studies in the Academy of Sciences. ”

Hearing this last sentence, Cai Yuanpei earnestly admonished: "Further study? Could it be that your academy of sciences is still developing in the direction of military science, be careful that you will lose if you are greedy, and you will not be able to do too much! ”

Cheng Nuo smiled and said: "I can't take the true scripture with just one leg, and I haven't even touched the white dragon horse yet." ”

Cai Yuanpei let out a long sigh, he also thought that after the revolution, he would usher in a world change, but he just changed the soup but not the medicine, and he changed his path when he was discouraged.

"Maybe there is really a way to take the true scriptures and change the world."

Jiang Jiang Zuo said with a smile: "Right now, we are busy arranging the preparatory work for building airplanes and ships, recruiting these school workers, do you still want to let them fly planes and ships?" ”

Cheng Nuo had an inexplicable smile on his lips: "Why not, in the future, the plane will be tested, the ship will be tested, we will do it ourselves, the experimental data will be more assured, as for the long-term flight or ship school......"

"What will happen?" Jiang Jiang Zuo couldn't wait to ask.

"Zhiyuan, you don't still have this idea, that stall is too big." Cai Yuanpei also expressed disbelief about this.

"When the time comes, anything is possible." Cheng Nuo deliberately sold a pass, and said with a smile: "Looking at it this way, our escort team can enter the sky and the water below, and we have to protect the safety of our comrades in the Academy of Sciences in the middle, only these six requirements are not enough?" ”

"Yes, yes, I felt that something was wrong just now, it turned out that the requirements were too low, and I went back to find other comrades and then totaled them." Jiang Jiang Zuo quickly wrote down these things, and suddenly realized: "The best of the best, I think there are a few more items to add." ”

said it lightly, but in fact, I don't know how many difficulties I have to face, originally Cai Yuanpei had to continue to persuade a few words, but seeing that the two of them looked positive and optimistic, they obviously didn't pay much attention to these things.

Seeing this, he couldn't help but smile dumbly, maybe this is youth.

"Tang Sanzang has gone through nine hundred and eighty-one difficulties to obtain the true scriptures, and for us, the complexity of reality is far more complex than those demons and monsters in the drama, it may be more than eighty-one difficulties, not to mention that you have to go so many ways, it is not easy."

Cheng Nuo said with a smile: "Master Sanzang only has four masters and apprentices, plus a white horse, but we have a team of dozens of people, and it will increase to hundreds and thousands in the future, and there are so many people behind them, why be afraid?" ”

"The husband is indomitable, and there is nothing to say about success or failure. Very well, keep the momentum going, I'll be behind you to cheer you on! Cai Yuanpei clapped his hands when he heard this, and suddenly smiled while being impassioned: "If your plane really has the day when it hits the sky, can you take me on a tour?" ”

Cheng Nuo smiled happily: "When I come to drive in the future, I will definitely take Cai Gong to the moon above the nine heavens and see the style above the blue sky and white clouds!" ”

Jiang Zuo hurriedly asked, "You all went to heaven, what about me?" ”

"Your task is very difficult, and it is related to the success of our flying results." Cheng Nuo held back a smile and said seriously: "You must be prepared on the ground to avoid injuries." ”

knew that it was a joke, but the word "injured" still hooked Jiang Jiangzuo's curiosity: "If you don't take me to heaven, forget it, how can I still be injured if I stay on the ground?" You won't use me as a live target for bomb throwing training, will you? ”

Cheng Nuo couldn't hold back any longer, and sneered: "How can you treat our comrades like this, it's too inhumane?" ”

Jiang Jiang Zuo asked, "What's that?" ”

Cheng Nuo joked: "You see that the moon has been taken down, do you have to find someone on the ground to prevent any accidents?" ”

Jiang Zuo was speechless: "The world is declining, and people's hearts are not ancient. ”

After sending Cai Yuanpei, Cheng Nuo took out a few more pieces of the tea cakes he brought back and gave them to Jiang Jiang Zuo, and said with a smile:

"Cai Gong said, this white tea is a treasure in the tea, today I borrow flowers to offer Buddha, and I will comfort you first."

Jiang Jiang Zuo took the tea cake and deliberately pouted: "If the heavens don't take me, the teapot can't hold the moon." ”

Cheng Nuo explained with a smile: "If I don't take you, I will let you fly solo, and then the teachers and students of the school will have to follow the escort team to complete the preliminary training, and those who are interested can continue their studies, and if you want to learn to fly an airplane, you don't have to ask for help." ”

In the future, there will only be more and more people in the Academy of Sciences, and in this war-torn era, it is inevitable that there will be times when the escort team is negligent.

As for airplanes and ships, someone has to drive them to build them, and no matter how advanced a weapon is, someone has to be able to use it in order to give full play to its due value.

(End of chapter)