After two days of recruitment, a total of 236 qualified soldiers were recruited.
Recruitment went surprisingly smoothly.
These are all hard-working men. If they are trained, everyone will become a usable soldier in the future. It would be a pity to give up on anyone. But when he thinks of the money in his pocket, Ding Yunyi is troubled.
I had no choice but to gather these people together and said straight to the point: "Brothers, if you are willing to sign up, you are looking up to me, Ding Yunyi. I would like to thank you all here first!"
He cupped his hands and then said: "But there is one thing. I only have a hundred people here. Who among you will leave and who will stay? After much thought, I have only one way. Those who perform well will stay, and those who perform unqualified will be left behind.
Leave!"
There were whispers in the team. After working for a long time, you still can't be considered a serious subordinate of Inspector Ding?
Ding Yunyi silenced everyone: "Here, you have to listen to me. No one can refute what I say, even if it is wrong. Do you hear me?"
"yes!"
Ding Yunyi nodded with satisfaction and pointed around: "Divide into ten groups. Each group will run twenty laps. Those who cannot finish the race will be eliminated! The last place in each group will be eliminated!"
These soldiers did not dare to neglect, divided into ten groups, and started running immediately.
"It's a pity that the money is still not enough." Ding Yunyi came to Qin Yun's side and sighed: "Otherwise, all of these people would stay, and after a period of training, they would all become elite soldiers and generals."
Qin Yun smiled: "Why worry about inspections? Zheng Zhilong had nothing back then."
Knowing that these were words to comfort himself, Ding Yunyi forced a smile: "These people are not real soldiers in name at least. We must have a name to the outside world..."
I thought for a moment: "Have you ever heard of the East India Company?"
Qin Yun was startled: "I seem to have heard that Hongyi has such a company."
"This is a military and colonial expansion organization." Ding Yunyi pondered: "The Hongyi have their East India Company, and there is also a country overseas called England, which also has its own East India Company. These East India Companies have their own military
Armed, in addition to carrying out trade, they also wantonly established colonies and deprived local resources..."
After briefly introducing the situation of the East India Company, Ding Yunyi changed the subject: "I think we can also set up our own company, called... called the 'Da Ming Ocean Trading Company', and you will serve as the president of this company."
"Daming Ocean Trading Company? President?" Qin Yun said curiously.
He knows the president. Back then, he ruined his reputation because he slept with President Ning Yangchen's concubine. Could it be that he is on an equal footing with President Ning now? That "trading company" sounds strange.
"These people who stayed behind are all employees of the Ocean Company." Ding Yunyi glanced at the runners: "They are the first batch of employees of the Ocean Company, and also the first batch of military members. This way they can avoid being noticed, and also
We can develop maritime business. Let’s help Jin Tailai escort the ship this time. Let’s treat it as the first batch of business for the Ocean Company.”
Qin Yun nodded slightly, and Ding Yunyi continued:
"We escort people, and the money we earn is less than one-tenth of those of those maritime merchants, so we might as well do it ourselves. I want to open up a few routes first and do business with the Thai and Westerners. Tea, silk, etc. are all
What they need is that countries such as England, the Netherlands, and dry wax are too far away from us, and with our current strength, we cannot do business with them..."
Qin Yun was a smart man and said: "Since we can't do business in those distant countries, we can do business with the Thais in places like Java and Luzon."
"Yes, that's what I mean." Ding Yunyi smiled mysteriously and lowered his voice and said: "It's just that our capital is small, why should the Taixi people do business with us? There is no choice but to think of other ways. For example, there is
The Ganrasi man urgently needed a batch of tea, but he couldn't wait left or right. When he asked, it turned out that the cargo ship had an accident at sea and could not come. What should I do? It happened that a ship with tea leaves from the Ocean Shipping Company had arrived. This was not a good idea.
Does that solve his urgent need?"
Qin Yun thought for a moment and laughed: "Inspection, I understand. However, the time of the accident of the other party's cargo must be grasped, not too fast, not too slow, so that our goods can be sold at a good price.
"
"Qin Jieyuan is really smart." Ding Yunyi said with a smile: "After going back and forth like this, everyone has become familiar with each other, and the Thai people also know that our goods are good, the price is fair, and the delivery is never delayed, then the situation will open up."
Is this man the son of Ding Yuanzhao? Qin Yun is very suspicious. Mr. Ding Yuanzhao is upright and upright. How come he has a son who is not only bold but also full of incredible ideas?
But if you think about it more carefully, now it is indeed the only way for the brothers to gain a firm foothold by doing this.
If this thing is not done, it will be a small thing to lose the official position, and if it is not done, it will be a loss of head. But if it is done, it will be a brand new situation for Penghu.
Didn't he, Zheng Zhilong, also have a background as a pirate? When he became big, the court had no choice but to give him a high official position and recruit him?
It can be seen that bad people either don't do it, or they become a big bad person if they do.
The two people were discussing here, and all ten groups over there had finished running. Bao Juhua, who was in charge of supervision, came up and reported that a total of thirty people were eliminated in the first round.
Looking at the thirty dejected eliminated people, Ding Yunyi called them together: "Brothers, although you have been eliminated, I, Ding Yunyi, still have to thank you. The brothers think highly of me, so I joined the army. It doesn't matter if you are eliminated.
, I have a way, but I don’t know if the brothers are willing."
"Inspector Ding, please tell me what we don't want to do."
"Okay!" Ding Yunyi expressed his thoughts: "I established a 'Da Ming Ocean Trading Company', with Qin Yun and Qin Jieyuan as the president. If you don't mind, you can join this company first as an employee, but you will not be the same as a regular employee.
It’s different. You don’t pay wages for the time being, and you just have three meals a day. When the company makes money, we can reissue them together and never default on a penny. How about that?”
These eliminated people immediately agreed.
Firstly, since he joined the army and his family and friends have seen it, where can he put his face now that he has been eliminated? Secondly, although there is no salary for the time being, Ding Yunyi and Ding even killed Oniomaru during the inspection, so why can't he still do small business? Sooner or later there will be money.
All will be reissued.
With this thought, the frustration on everyone's faces disappeared, and everyone happily agreed.
Ding Yunyi was also overjoyed, as he had avoided regrets and the two of them had temporarily received a batch of free labor.