Chapter 9, recruitment, recruitment.

Gu Song's strategy of "killing monkeys and making an example of chickens" was very successful.

In front of real strength and money.

Not many of these Chinese laborers who sold their coolies on the docks could resist the temptation.

Although it is said that many people in the upper echelons of the Nanyang Chinese power are hoping that the Qing court will treat them as people, give them the masters, and let them use the tiger skin of the Qing Dynasty to deal with Westerners.

But the Chinese at the bottom don't think so much.

Most of them don't have a good impression of the Qing Dynasty - who makes heaven and earth talk about anti-Qing and restoration of Ming every day.

Although now the slogan of Heaven and Earth will oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty is basically the same as the Amitabha Buddha of Buddhism, it is just a slogan.

But I can't stand people talking about it every day and mentioning it every day.

Always reminding these Han people....

Now the court of the Qing Dynasty is not their court, it is the court of the Manchurians and the banner people.

Especially in areas like Guangdong, where the concentration of "anti-thieves" is relatively high.

The locals had little resistance to anti-Manchu and anti-Qing activities.

This is especially true of the Chaoshan people.

The Chaoshan people have a tradition of going to sea.

The Qing Dynasty's sea relocation order and sea ban order offended the Chaozhou Yankees at once.

Of course, say so much.

The biggest reason for these Teochew guys to join enthusiastically. 、

Or money.

As the "richest man in Europe".

Boss Zhu Daohua is very popular.

If you join, you will be given five taels of silver to settle in, and you will add 15 acres of land grant.

The land grant certificate promised to be paid within five years is 15 acres of paddy field as soon as it is sold.

At the same time, an additional five acres will be added for every two years of service.

In addition, a military salary of five taels of silver was given every year.

This kind of treatment makes even an underworld leader like Luo Yuanshan feel moved.

Not to mention the coolies at the docks under his command.

Chinese laborers who come to Nanyang can earn more wages than those in the mainland.

But it is difficult to exceed three taels of silver in a year.

Take, for example, a docker in Batam.

Even the strongest workers.

In the case that I can receive work every day.

It's only two or three hundred wen a month—that's still much more than in the mainland.

In the mainland, he worked for the landlord's family for a long time, and it was more than 1,000 copper coins a year.

Folded into a little more than two pieces of silver.

So as long as Zhu Daohua is willing to give money.

Recruiting is easy.

And he doesn't worry about the quality of the troops - no matter how bad the quality of these dock workers is, it is better than the quality of the soldiers in the West who pull the ruffians and hooligans into the battlefield, right?

When in Europe.

Zhu Daohua already has an in-depth understanding of the current Western military science.

Of course, military strategists are not counted.

But it's not a layman.

And he has fully understood the essence of the power of the Western army - standardization!

Standardized soldier training model, standardized officer training model.

Perhaps it is difficult to produce any genius generals in this way.

Leading troops according to the regulations also seems a bit dull.

But this at least guarantees a lower limit for an army – which is quite important.

Nowadays, standardizing the establishment of the army has gradually evolved into a rigorous science.

An officer must undergo a long period of study and training in order to fully grasp the science of military command.

And so are the soldiers.

On training.

The goal is to train the soldiers to be like industrial products produced on an assembly line.

In the West.

Because the population base is already smaller than in the East.

Therefore, it is difficult for the West to recruit soldiers to screen the source of soldiers.

It looks pretty much fine, and it doesn't require any blood.

I dare not ask for any ideological awakening, and I dare not ask for any political consciousness.

According to Frederick the Great of Prussia, if soldiers had learned to think, there would have been no war in the world.

According to Napoleon, elite soldiers rely on training, and strong soldiers rely on fighting.

Training also depends on fighting—if a soldier can be afraid of the instructor's baton more than the enemy's bullets, then the soldier is considered trained.

At a time when the war situation is critical.

Recruit training is often less than a month.

Many people are pulled to the front as soon as they just learn to shoot.

And the tasks of the officer.

It is to turn all kinds of human scum into real soldiers.

As for those who came to join the army for money... What does it matter?

Take the money and sell your life.

Reasonable.

.......

The people who work in Batam are basically bachelors and singles.

Therefore, it is unlikely that he will refuse such a promising career as joining the Ming army.

Of course.

In order to prevent someone from running away after getting the money.

Zhu Daohua still wants to set up the military camp in the small castle on Batam.

Say it's a castle.

In fact, it is a walled stockade made of wood and rammed earth.

The Dutch tricolor flag originally hung on the stockade has now been replaced by the Ming Dynasty's blue background sun and moon flag and a golden yellow Ming flag.

It's in the hall inside the stockade.

Zhu Daohua cordially met with the brothers Luo Yuanshan and Luo Dingshan, the leaders of the Batam Heaven and Earth Association.

From the moment they entered, the two brothers saw Chinese soldiers standing tall and straight, carrying muskets with bayonets.

The two underworld bosses were stunned and didn't dare to come out.

When they arrived in the hall, they didn't even dare to raise their heads.

Bow down.

"Caomin Luo Yuanshan (Luo Dingshan) meets His Royal Highness the Prison State....."

After finishing speaking, the two of them did not dare to come out.

Luo Dingshan was a little bolder, and secretly raised his eyelids to look at Zhu Daohua, who was sitting in a high position.

Zhu Daohua, who is wearing a bright yellow dress and a square scarf, is very tall, coupled with perennial exercise, his body is very well-proportioned, with wide shoulders and a thin waist, and a slender body.

Luo Dingshan glanced at it and hurriedly lowered his head.

In his heart, he felt that this Lord of the Prison Country really had the spirit of a king.

Zhu Daohua, who didn't know that he actually had the spirit of a king, was very kind: "Two of you, please get up, please sit." ”

The two of them hurried up.

Unlike the Qing Emperor.

Zhu Daohua did not have the habit of asking people to kneel and ask questions.

Letting people sit is not "giving a seat".

Instead, please take a seat.

However, the Luo brothers didn't dare to really sit on their butts.

I only dare to half-pull my butt on the chair and put my hands on my thighs.

The two underworld bosses were quite docile at this time.

"Both of them are surnamed Luo, what does it have to do with the Luo family of Lan Fangguo?"

Zhu Daohua asked.

"Back in the prison country, our brothers have nothing to do with the Lan Fangluo family, they are Hakka people in Jiaying Prefecture, and we are Chaoshan people in Chaozhou......"

Luo Yuanshan hurriedly said.

"Oh...."

Zhu Daohua nodded in disappointment.

Instead, he wanted to establish some contact with the Lan Fang Luo family among the Nanyang Chinese forces.

It's not that the Luo family surrenders or anything like that.

For Zhu Daohua.

For a force like the Luo family, it doesn't matter much whether they surrender or not.

He has his eye on Borneo's resources.

If Lan Fangguo can cooperate with him....

He could have saved himself from going to Borneo.

You can buy it with money.

In Boss Zhu's opinion, it's nothing.

"Jianguo, although we don't have much to do with the Lan Fangluo family, but.... Their Lan Fangluo family was originally also the brother of the Heaven and Earth Society, but later there was a conflict between the family, speaking of which... We can also say something in the Luo family. ”

Luo Dingshan hurriedly said.

Zhu Daohua nodded when he heard this.

said: "There is something that needs to be asked of the two brothers...."

"The prison country is heavy, and the small ones dare not serve their lives."

The two of them were genuinely afraid.

But I felt it in my heart.

This Ming Prison is so polite and virtuous.

It really has the style of the ancient king....