"What's wrong? Are we scary?"

Seeing his soldiers reacting to the officer, Xia Lin couldn't help but show a slightly puzzled look, he took off his hat and asked a black-haired soldier on the side.

"No, sir!"

The young recruit, about the same age as Xia Lin, replied nervously.

"Then why are you so nervous? They all look like quails, so how can they be good soldiers of the New Army?"

Xia Lin smiled and reached out to pat the soldier's back:

"Although we are high-ranking officers of the New Army, we are also human beings, and we also have to eat, and aren't there many officers and soldiers over there who eat together? Don't be nervous! Let's just sit down and eat together!"

"But those officers are all in their squad, you ...... I seem to have seen it, but I don't seem to be the commander of our platoon!"

The black-haired recruit carefully looked at Xia Lin's face and said with some confusion.

Because the new army has not yet confirmed the ranks, issued epaulettes, and the officers are all in the same suit, it is not surprising that they do not recognize who is the squad and platoon commander and who is the battalion company commander.

"Rhodes, you're stupid! This is the second commander of our new army, Deputy Commander Charlem Carr!"

However, many of the new army soldiers were already quite familiar with Xia Lin, and when they saw Xia Lin's face, the sturdy dwarf-like companion on the side suddenly showed a shocked look on his face, and he quickly stabbed the recruit named Rhodes in the waist with his elbow, and reminded in a low voice.

"Vice-...... Deputy Commander?"

Rhodes finally remembered where he had seen Xia Lin, his face was shocked, and he stammered as Xia Lin saluted, sweating the size of beans on his face in the canteen that leaked on all sides.

"What are you afraid of, I'm the deputy head of the regiment, can I eat you, how does today's porridge taste?"

Xia Lin smiled at the recruit, and then asked Rhodes in a homely tone.

"This ...... Good...... Delicious! Well, Deputy Chief, today's porridge is very delicious, it seems to have the taste of pork!"

Rhodes didn't react to Xia Lin's question for a while, and then replied, looking at Xia Lin who was about the same age as himself and had a gentle attitude, his nervousness slowly disappeared, and the next words suddenly became much more fluent.

"Really? I didn't expect you to have eaten pork? I didn't even taste pork until I was twelve!"

Xia Lin couldn't help but say with some surprise when he heard Rhodes's answer.

He didn't lie at all, even if he lacked gelding skills, the pork in this world has a fishy smell that is difficult to get rid of, and is regarded as "bad meat" by nobles and commoners, but a pound of pork that costs 40 copper pess is not something that a family with several children in the slums can afford.

Even on New Year's Day, the poor Karl family could only prepare a silverfish that could be bought for only 8 copper pes, and before entering the Royal Academy of Magic and eating the sergeant's meal, Xia Lin didn't even know what the cheapest pork and chicken tasted like.

"Sir Xia Lin, won't the new army give twenty silver mar's salaries to the recruited soldiers?

I passed the test and took these silver mars home, and my mother bought five pounds of pork for two silver mars, and our family had pork stew with potatoes that night, and it tasted so good!"

Hearing Xia Lin's unexpected words, Rhodes hurriedly explained, and as he spoke, he couldn't help but swallow his saliva again, as if he remembered the potato stewed pork feast that was enough for him to remember for a lifetime.

"Five pounds of pork? I guess it must be a big dinner!"

Xia Lin couldn't help but have a little admiration for this mother, one silver mar is no longer a small amount of money in the slums, not to mention that Rhodes's mother was willing to take out two silver mar, just to give her son a good dinner, Xia Lin thought that she must love her son very much.

"Yes, for the first time since I was a child, I ate almost two pounds of pork in one meal, and the rich aroma was ...... The pork tastes so good!"

Rhodes nodded affirmatively

head, full of aftertaste looks.

When the surrounding recruits heard Rhodes's words, they couldn't help but cast envious glances at him, and the movement of picking up the big bone porridge in the bowl with a wooden spoon couldn't help but become faster, as if they wanted to use the big bone porridge to fill their heart's thirst for pork.

Obviously, like Xia Lin, many soldiers in the New Army have never eaten serious meat, let alone have the opportunity to eat pork in large chunks like Rhodes.

"Don't worry! As long as you train hard and defeat our enemies on the battlefield, there will be rice and pork in the future, and sooner or later these things will be brought to your family's table so that your brothers and sisters, and future children can enjoy it!"

Seeing that the recruits around him were envious of the potato stew and pork that Rhodes said, Xia Lin couldn't help but feel a little empathetic sadness in his heart, and promised them.

"Really? Can our family eat rice as casually as we do? Deputy Head Xia Lin, you won't lie to us, will you?"

Hearing Xia Lin's promise, a healthy soldier who was sitting opposite Rhodes and quietly listening to their conversation immediately raised his head and asked with some disbelieving.

"Of course not, in fact, you can calculate your salary now, twenty silver mar a month, and your food and clothing are covered by the new army, can these twenty silver mar send home so that your family can buy a few mair of rice every day?

If you complete your training and become a private, and you send forty silver mars home, will your family be able to eat rice every day? Or even an egg or a whitebait once in a while?

If you save this money, you can eat a meal of pork in a month.

Therefore, such a future is actually in front of you, it depends on whether you are willing to pay sweat and blood for it!"

Xia Lin saw that many of the soldiers looked as hesitant as the sturdy soldiers, so he gave them a simple calculation of the changes that these young men could bring to their families after becoming new army soldiers, and these words suddenly made the eyes of these recruits who had simply learned some arithmetic in the evening culture class.

The fact seems to be that it is indeed what Deputy Commander Xia Lin said, they do not have to worry about food and clothing in the new army, and they only need to train hard to get twenty silver marr salaries, which are sent home, and their families can live a pretty good life at once.

If you finish the training, that's forty silver mar in a month, what is the concept of forty silver mar? There's no problem with eating rice every day!

Thinking of this, the soldiers around Xia Lin couldn't help but start thinking about a bright future.

"But here, I would like to remind you of one more thing, that is, although the new army will not easily give up the soldiers it has already recruited, in the future, we will also distinguish the difference between soldiers and auxiliaries based on the results of your training.

If you don't work hard, you will be assigned to the auxiliaries to play roles like cooks, logisticians, field nurses, etc., although there is not much difference in treatment between the auxiliaries and the soldiers in the early stage, but in terms of promotion, they cannot be compared with the soldiers at all!"

Xia Lin saw that the recruits were all looking longing and satisfied, and released a new message, wanting to urge these recruits to train hard, and not just be satisfied with the salary of the forty silver mar in the future.

Hearing Xia Lin's warning, the strong man who was sitting next to Rhodes who was a little familiar with Xia Lin couldn't wait to say:

"Chief Xia Lin! Rest assured! We are absolutely willing to pay sweat and blood for the new army!

The new army took care of our food, and they still gave us such good food, and they also gave us three meals a day! Even many civilians in Hurgana would be envious when they see our food.

No matter what we wear, the military uniforms on our bodies are all made of tweed, everyone should know how expensive this material is, and the leather boots on our feet cost several silver mars for a pair!

We've gotten so much good stuff from you, we'll definitely train hard! Strive to become a soldier!"

"That's right! As long as you know how to repay, you know what to do when you get so many good things.

But Sir Charlin, among us, there are still some people

During the usual training, he always shouted bitterly and tiredly, and picked and chose the disciplinary regulations explained by the commanders, and they were deducted 50 copper pess salaries for violating the regulations, so they couldn't wait to fight with the commanders.

I've always thought that these people don't deserve to be soldiers of the New Army, and now it seems that they are waiting to be the auxiliaries after their training!"

After listening to the words of the short man, a soldier sitting not far from the group suddenly got up and looked around, and said loudly with a bit of sarcasm, obviously mocking some of the recruits.

The soldier's words suddenly made a look of shame and shame appear on the faces of several recruits around him, but a few of them showed some unconvinced looks.

"Rhodes, this soldier is from your class, right? What's his name?"

Xia Lin saw a recruit who dared to stand up and speak in front of so many people, and in addition to being surprised, he suddenly became interested in him, and asked Rhodes, who was gradually becoming less nervous beside him.

"Report to Deputy Head Xia Lin! He's Pearlman Gordon from Class 311 of our 1st Infantry Battalion!"

Rhodes quickly replied.

"Pearlman Gordon? I think others are very good, why haven't you been elected as the squad leader and deputy squad leader?"

Xia Lin nodded and then asked again.

"Brother Pearlman, although he is a very good person, and we are all willing to elect him, but he does not meet the cultural requirements of 500 common words and addition and subtraction within 100 required by officers, so he was vetoed by the platoon commander......

However, Deputy Head Xia Lin, Brother Pearlman, he studied very seriously in the evening cultural class, and he will be able to meet the requirements immediately!"

Rhodes hurriedly explained. The minimum requirement for non-commissioned officers in the new army is to know 500 commonly used words and addition and subtraction within 100, and non-commissioned officers who do not understand this knowledge cannot even receive supplies from the logistics department, so naturally they are not up to the requirements of Xia Lin.