Chapter 70 Recruits (1)

As more and more locals come to work near the Tiandu Iron Mine, a small market gradually forms not far from the No. 2 base of Chuanzhong. Every five days, nearby mountain people will

All kinds of mountain products, fruits, furs and other commodities are brought here to be traded with the Chuan people. Through word of mouth, people within a radius of dozens of miles know that the Haihan people here can continuously provide a variety of daily necessities, and the prices are quite cheap.

The influence of this market is increasing rapidly. A few days ago, some vendors from Fenghuang Town even came here to set up stalls and sell goods.

Among the trading supplies currently provided by the Crossing Group, salt and pig iron products are the most popular among local people. The executive committee specially recruited seven or eight local people with experience in blacksmithing and built a blacksmith's shop under the guidance of metallurgical experts.

The shop specializes in making agricultural tools such as shovels, hoes, rakes and plows for sale to locals. In addition, iron kitchen knives and iron pots have become hot commodities in the blacksmith shop because their output is quite limited. It has even reached the point where you need to pay a deposit first to queue for the goods.

The reason why this kind of bilateral trade can become very lively in a short period of time is because the trading conditions are very relaxed. Locals can use money or various commodities designated by the Traveling Group to trade. It is really poor.

People who have nothing to give can still work on the construction site in exchange for what they need.

The local Miao and Li people had been unable to receive pig iron for a long time due to the intentional control of the imperial court. Now the situation has finally improved and they can use iron products on a large scale. Although these iron products are still expensive, compared with

In the past, they had no place to buy anything, but now they are very happy to be able to exchange agricultural products and livestock for iron tools.

Similar to the situation of ironware, there is table salt. After the salt farm commune was put into operation, the current output has reached about 300 kilograms per day. Taking into account the current manpower situation and backward production technology of the salt farm, this output is already considered to be at an upper-middle level. If you want to

A large-scale increase in output must be achieved through later technological transformation. Although this output is still seriously insufficient to supply the raw materials for the chemical industry, it is more than enough to be used as a commodity. The salt farm even hoards some salt and plans to wait for it

When the conditions in Shengdong are mature, it will be sold to Yazhou and other towns. The price of salt traded by Li and Miao people from Chuanzhong is fully half cheaper than the previous official price. This benefit also makes

They have always maintained enough goodwill towards the people who traveled through time.

Today is the day to go to the market again. People from nearby areas arrived at the market early with various items, intending to seize a favorable position closest to the gate of Base 2. People who often come here to trade know that these short-haired

The Haihan people in Haihan are very generous with their purchases. They buy everything in baskets and baskets of everything they like. They are not like those salesmen in the past who had to haggle for a long time before agreeing to trade.

However, the people who came here today found a row of tables outside Base No. 2, with about a dozen Haihan people sitting there. It seemed that they wanted to purchase something on a large scale. At that moment, some bolder people went over to ask, and then

I know that the Haihan people are not trying to purchase items, but are recruiting people to organize a militia.

Vigilante groups are not a new thing. There are militia groups organized by landlords and gentry in Fenghuang Town, Tianya Town, Nanshan Town and other places. Miao Village and Lidong also have paramilitary organizations similar to militia groups. In places where there is a lack of official security agencies

, militia groups have always been an important means for civil society to protect themselves. However, militia groups are not permanent organizations. They usually gather for action when the world is not peaceful. However, the militia group that the Haihan people will set up seems to be a little different. It not only claims to

It maintains the establishment for a long time, and also has a lot of welfare rewards.

Soon the loudspeaker at the entrance of the base began to take turns announcing the recruitment policies and benefits in several different languages, which immediately attracted a large number of locals to gather.

Simple people may not understand the profound meaning behind the cross-organization of militia groups, but they can distinguish whether the benefits obtained by joining militia groups are good or bad. Soon the people discovered that the benefits of joining militia groups were even higher than those that were almost crowded some time ago.

There are many communes with broken heads, so how to make a choice is very simple. What's more, the Haihan people also said that if you sign up to join the militia, but are kicked out due to unqualified conditions, you will still have the opportunity to be selected as the next batch of commune members.

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The militia’s requirements for applicants are not very strict. As long as they are over 16 years old and under 45 years old, and are in good health without any disease or disability, they can sign up. Such conditions undoubtedly greatly lowered the entry threshold, and soon there were a lot of people.

A large number of young people signed up. After learning from the lessons learned from the previous recruitment in two communes, the Military and Police Department began to pay more attention to physical fitness when facing applicants, and young people from the Li and Miao ethnic groups because of

They have lived in mountainous areas for a long time and mostly make a living by hunting in the wild. Their physical strength is significantly better than that of Han Chinese youth who farm and fish in coastal areas, so they have become the main target of this conscription.

It only took the Military and Police Department a day and a half to recruit the missing people. News that the Haihan people were offering generous packages to recruit people to form a militia group quickly spread in the surrounding areas, and until three or four days later, there were still people coming to sign up.

, the executive committee did not waste these good young men. As long as they signed up, they would all be admitted into the commune as candidates for the next batch of recruitment expansion. Anyway, the commune now has a lot less labor force due to conscription, and these people will happen to be better after they are admitted.

This can temporarily make up for the immediate manpower gap.

Three days later, 120 local youths were recruited and boarded a ship at Victory Port. After crossing the estuary of the Tiandu River, they arrived at the sandbank that was used as a shooting range by the Military and Police Department. The actual number of recruits was more than planned.

The reason for the selection of twenty people is because the Military and Police Department believes that some people may be eliminated due to various reasons during the training process, so it prepares twenty more people to make up for the quota. Anyway, the eliminated people will also enter the commune as laborers, and there are still some

The complaining Ning Qi finally raised no objection.

The area of ​​this sandbank is close to one square kilometer, and it is also an important traffic artery that guards the entrance to Victory Port. The Military and Police Department thought it was a pity to just use it as a shooting range, so they simply set up the future soldier training camp here. In this way,

First, it is isolated from the base camp by land transportation, which makes it easier to manage these new recruits; second, it is close to the shooting range, so that they can be accompanied by the sound of gunfire every day, so that they can be more courageous on the battlefield in the future.

The tattered clothes, shoes and hats worn by the recruits when they entered the camp were all forcibly changed, piled together and burned cleanly. Then they were made to enter the newly built bathhouse and wash each other with brushes and soap.

Brush everything from top to bottom. As for the hair, considering that the origins of these recruits are relatively complicated, forcing haircuts may cause them to be dissatisfied, so we will shelve this issue for the time being.

The new military uniforms have been prepared for a long time, including a full set of military green training uniforms including underwear, military caps, liberation rubber shoes, canvas belts, and a 35-liter canvas backpack for each person to carry personal luggage. Of course,

The quality of the clothing provided to recruits is still far different from that of the Chuanchuang's own equipment, which is basically the level of military training clothing in later generations of universities.

When the Executive Committee originally ordered this batch of uniforms, there was some internal opposition. They thought that although the money was not very large, it seemed a bit wasteful to prepare military uniforms for the naturalized civilian troops in advance. However, the Military and Police Department insisted on purchasing this batch of materials and thought it was neat.

Military appearance is one of the best ways to give naturalized soldiers a sense of identity and collective honor. Uniform clothing is also more convenient for daily management and wartime command. In the end, the opinions of the Military and Police Department prevailed, and the Executive Committee

The association spent nearly 100,000 yuan to purchase 1,000 sets of training uniforms, and is expected to prepare a naturalized civilian force of 500 people.

Gu Wei, with his hands behind his back, stood on the side of the ship and watched the recruits stand in a mess after getting off the ship to the beach. Some looked blank, some were dejected, and some looked excited, as if they had arrived at something.

The fun part is the same. They only know that they are here to be trained. As for the content of the training and what the future life of the militia will be like, no one has a clear idea in their mind.

Gu Wei shook his head, picked up the tin trumpet next to him, raised it in front of him and said loudly: "Everyone listen, put down your backpack, half a stick of incense, and arrange a column for me in groups of ten. Anyone who has not finished it by the time will be

If one person fails to line up, the entire team will be punished. If one team fails to line up, the entire team will be punished! Start!"

There was a special translator next to him who repeated it again in Li and Miao, and chaos suddenly broke out on the beach. Although they didn't quite understand what a column was and why they were punished if they didn't line up well, it was obvious that being punished was not a good thing, no matter what

No matter what, we still have to work hard to arrange it.

In the chaos, some people were pushing and shoving, some were shouting loudly, and some were counting heads silently to see which group they should join. Gu Wei watched all this with a cold eye and had no intention of giving orders or intervening.

The time for half a stick of incense passed quickly, and not even one of the people lined up on the beach appeared. Those who could form a team alone according to the number of people specified by Gu Wei were only four teams, and everyone else was still there.

Wandering around like a headless fly with no direction.

"Time's up!" Gu Wei loudly announced the end of this farce. He went down from the gangway to the beach, pulled out a group that had already been divided into people and lined up the ten people in columns. Then he picked up the tin speaker again and shouted loudly.

: "This is a ten-man column. I'll give you half a stick of incense time. Arrange yourself like this. If you can't do it, your punishment will be doubled!"

This time, the new recruits did not disappoint Gu Wei again. After having the template, the queue speed increased a lot. Soon, the second column and the third column were lined up next to the first column... without waiting.

When the timer ends, the arrangement of the twelve columns is completed.
Chapter completed!