As Grand Duke Constantine and Leonid also intervened in the affairs of the 748th Regiment, the town of Sertolov can be said to be full of undercurrents from all parties. The competition around Li Xiao, around the royal family, and around power began.
Enter another level.
However, as the number of contestants increases, and as things become more and more complicated, all forces are secretly observing and accumulating their strength, which in turn stabilizes the situation. No one dares to take the lead before being completely sure.
This gave Li Xiao a rare time to breathe and adjust. On the one hand, he and Boris quickly strengthened team management, rectified discipline and began military training and personnel development.
The military training is basically done by Boris and Vishniak. After all, they are the real soldiers. Li Xiao is just a dabbler. Although he had the rank of captain in his predecessor, he spent most of his time in front of the Winter Palace in the past few years.
Looking at the door, he is no better than the uncle in the reception room.
In this regard, Li Xiao really wants to study harder, so he lets Boris take care of professional matters. And his own focus is still on developing offline businesses. Of course, someone is not going to do Amway, but to find talents with similar characteristics.
.His target is the hard labor prisoners in the Second Company and Second Battalion.
As mentioned before, Emperor Nicholas I was very special. He was more like a rigid military judge than an emperor. He himself admitted that before he was hit by the throne falling from the sky, his biggest wish was to
Be a real soldier (or military judge).
Nicholas I's German origin made him particularly advocating discipline. He liked soldiers who were well-ordered and absolutely obedient. He hoped to transform all his ministers into a militarized manner so that these ministers only knew how to obey orders and observe discipline.
Nicholas I was always moving towards this goal. In order to achieve his goal and reform those who opposed him, he ordered those prisoners who opposed him to be thrown into military camps for militarized reform, believing that the military camps would make these disgruntled prisoners
The guy became docile and honest.
For example, the famous Dostoyevsky was shot and executed with hard labor and then forced to serve in the army for several years. Even Nicholas I planned to throw all the Jews who did not convert to Orthodox Christianity into the military camps and rehabilitate them.
Military training and strict discipline brought the Jews into submission.
Anyway, Nicholas I was a uniform controller who was superstitious about the army and discipline. He believed that there was no problem that the army could not solve, and there was no person that the army could not transform. As a result, a large number of Russian liberals were thrown into military camps for various reasons.
Accept the transformation. In Li Xiao's view, these people are all talents that can be united and absorbed. If they are used well, they will be extremely powerful!
In fact, Li Xiao was interested in this group of people when he first arrived at the Second Company, but he also knew that empty talk was unconvincing, and he had to show something solid before these people would follow him. After all, they were not the Second Company.
Those gray animals on the streets can't be fooled by just a few clothes and a few good meals.
Li Xiao must prove that he has the confidence to confront Nicholas I, and must show the so-called progressive nature, otherwise these people will not criticize him.
"Gentlemen," Li Xiao said, "I have gathered you together. There is an important mission that you and I need to complete together!"
Seven or eight young people wearing tattered but neat military uniforms, glasses, a small parted hair or polished leather shoes looked at Li Xiao curiously. Although this was not the first time they met Li Xiao, they were very interested in this man.
They were very interested in the new company commander and his glorious deeds.
Of course, as intellectuals, these people are also very reserved. No matter how miserable they were before, not having enough to eat and being bullied by bullies every day, the arrogance of intellectuals will always exist. In fact, you can tell by looking at their dressing up that they are really terrible.
The beheading must not be messed up, and the blood can flow and the leather shoes cannot be without oil. So even if they think Li Xiao is a good person, they will not immediately accept him and worship him.
They will listen very reservedly. No matter what Li Xiao asks them to do, they must put forward their own opinions and views. Only then can they be competent and classy, right?
The intellectuals didn't talk, and Li Xiao wasn't anxious or angry. When he was flipping through historical documents, he knew that the more educated people these days, the more they pretend to be noble. Even if they are happy in their hearts, they still look arrogant on the outside.
They can't be as happy as the mud-legged blind people who are willing to refuse and welcome.
Of course Li Xiao doesn't like this kind of "reservation", but intellectuals in this era are too precious. Not to mention Russia, where there are poor and white serfs everywhere, let's talk about the British Empire, where the sun never sets, the illiteracy rate is about 40% to 50%.
This means that the vast majority of people in this era are ignorant, have no skills, knowledge, and ideals. They are really just gray animals or called two-legged sheep.
What is the use of having more two-legged sheep and gray cattle? How much value can be created?
Looking at Russia's performance in history, whether it was 1812 or 1856 or 19-05 and subsequent World War I and World War II, the gray animals certainly defended the integrity of the country and the motherland, but at what heavy price did they pay?
Are the gray animals not brave enough? Are they not obeying orders? Are there not enough of them?
No, it is the gray animals who have no knowledge and have not mastered modern skills, resulting in low combat effectiveness. Especially with the advent of the industrial age, as weapons become more and more complex, the requirements for weapon users are getting higher and higher.
The ancient model of grabbing strong men, giving them swords and guns, and then going to the battlefield to fight for their lives can really only end in losing their lives in the industrialized era. Without improving the quality of soldiers, just relying on piles of heads will be like the Russian army, which is notorious for its human wave tactics.
It's not just about killing people. As weapons become more and more advanced, the requirements for weapon manufacturing and maintenance are getting higher and higher. Illiterate serf soldiers can't even serve the new rifles in their hands. How can they go to war?
Li Xiao felt that it was necessary to improve the quality of soldiers as soon as possible, and it was very necessary to hold literacy classes. This would allow the gray animals to truly know how to operate and maintain the weapons in their hands, and also allow their ignorant brains to start working and start thinking about their own
Why is life so dark and why there is no future?
Soldiers with ideas will certainly bring some troubles, but those troubles are for Nicholas I and his lackeys. For Li Xiao, these troubles are an awakening and represent an increase in his own strength.
What's more, soldiers with ideas won't give away their lives foolishly, but will fight with their brains. Their combat power and fighting consciousness can destroy the hordes of gray animals.
So Li Xiao summoned the intellectuals in the company. He alone couldn't teach them how to become illiterate, and he didn't have that much energy. These dissidents who Nicholas I hated had at least attended middle school and taught a group of people.
It is not difficult for illiterate people to read.
However, these intellectuals may not see the significance of this matter, which requires Li Xiao to deceive... No! He needs to preach.