After lying in bed for two days, Wang Hengyue could barely get out of bed and move around.
Thanks to Zhao Xi, he invited famous doctors for diagnosis and treatment, and gave Wang Hengyue a lot of tonics to eat. In addition, Wang Hengyue looked frighteningly injured, but in fact, his vital parts were not hurt.
In the past two days, there has been an endless stream of people coming to see Commander Wang, but for the sake of Wang Hengyue's rest, they were all blocked. He only said that he would naturally thank everyone after Mr. Wang recovered from his injury.
After leaving the house, having not breathed fresh air for two days, Wang Hengyue took a deep breath and saw Peter walking towards him.
At first sight, he was very curious. There was a bruise on Peter's face. Wang Hengyue stretched out his hand and asked him to come over: "Peter, did you get into a fight with someone too?"
Seeing Wang Hengyue, Peter felt as if he had seen a savior: "Mr. Wang, it's very pitiful to be a foreigner. The British Opiyin was beaten by you, and the American Peter was..."
Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly saw "ferocious" expressions on the faces of Yang Fangyun and Liu Sihai, with threats in their eyes, which made him swallow his words again.
"Sir, can you come out now?" Li Yifeng was very excited when he saw Wang Hengyue coming out.
"It's nothing serious." Wang Hengyue waved his hand: "How about recruiting troops in the past two days?"
When it came to recruiting soldiers, Li Yifeng was even more excited: "As you said, it went very smoothly. There was an endless stream of applicants. According to your request, we carefully selected 280 people..."
"So many?" Wang Hengyue was startled for a moment, it was a big surprise.
Xu Mu said: "Not only that. After your lord's angry attack on the foreigners, the news spread everywhere. Now not only people from the towns in Rong County have joined the army, but also people from Leshan, Yibin, Zigong and other places have heard that people are coming."
Wang Hengyue was overjoyed and said to Xie Shui, who had been silent for a long time: "Sir, these 280 people are all strong men selected from thousands of people, and they will not give up any of them. But the establishment of our team has been customized, including the paperwork.
, servicemen, cooks, buglers, haircuts, washing, and there are eight or ninety more people..."
There are troubles with too many people. Wang Hengyue frowned for a moment and came up with an idea: "Don't waste any of them. If you find out that there are brothers who will be implicated, those who are related to the gangs and gangs will be organized into a separate team, just like this, this, the vigilante group."
...Wait a minute, the militia doesn't sound good, it's not impressive, it's better to shout, it's better to shout..."
After thinking about it for a while, an idea came to him: "Let's call it the 'Rong County Armed Guard'. When talking to the outside world, let's say that this armed guard was organized by the people of Rong County themselves. In order to fight against bandits and rebellious parties, you can see for yourself how to say it specifically."
manage."
"Yes!" Everyone felt that the name "Armed Guards" was extremely fresh.
Yu Lei pulled Wang Hengyue aside and whispered: "Your Excellency wants to place people with gang backgrounds in the armed guards. The students understand the meaning of this. The students think that this is not enough. We need to put those who have read books and can
Literate people, especially those who had been exposed to the agitation of the Revolutionary Party and had contacts with the Revolutionary Party, were also placed in the armed guards."
Wang Hengyue immediately understood the meaning of Yu Lei's words. Sure enough, Yu Lei went on to say: "You have just started, everything is difficult. Controlling the first team is the most important. At present, the armed guards can only be used as auxiliary. Those who serve as soldiers are soldiers.
Yes, you should treat your superiors as your food, clothing, and parents, and do whatever your superiors say. Soldiers should not have their own ideas. If you have ideas, it will be terrible! Your army can only be loyal to you."
After finishing speaking, he added without hesitation: "The first team can only be your first team, not the imperial court's, let alone the revolutionary party's."
Wang Hengyue was silent. Although what Yu Lei said was too absolute, in this era, it was not unreasonable. As for how to reform the army in the future, it can only be a matter of the future.
He turned around noncommittally and said to his subordinates: "My first team's salary will be as mentioned before, three months' full salary first, and one month's full salary first for the armed guards, and everything else will be paid.
It will be handled according to the standards of the first team. As for the weapons, priority will be given to supplying them to the first team, and I will think of other ways to deal with the rest."
When it comes to paid weapons, I am very worried.
This man had it all at once, but it was time for him to get rid of his salary weapons. With the few thousand taels of silver left in his pocket, I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to hold on for long!
Put this thought aside for now: "Xie Shuixiang, platoon leader of the first platoon; Li Yifeng, platoon leader of the second platoon; Xu Mu, platoon leader of the third platoon; Liu Sihai, platoon leader of the fourth platoon. Yu Lei, clerk. Yang Fangyun
, Commander of the Armed Guards; Deng Xia, Deputy Commander of the Armed Guards."
"What about me? Where about me?" Peter became anxious at once.
"you?"
Wang Hengyue glanced at Pete a few times: "I appoint you as the first team, first row, first shed!"
"Protest!" Pete shouted. He had been in China for a while and naturally understood that this shed was nothing more than a squad leader: "Why are they all high-ranking officials and I am the squad leader? This is not fair!"
Senior officer? The platoon leader is also a senior officer? Wang Hengyue laughed in his heart: "Since you think the officer is small, I will give you a bigger officer and serve as the instructor of the first platoon."
Peter is a little confused. He also serves as an instructor? Is this a big position?
Deng Xia deliberately joked: "Peter, think about it, you are the only instructor among the four platoons. How big an officer must you be!"
Peter tilted his head and thought for a long time, then he realized that it made sense and he immediately became happy.
Although he hasn't seen his soldiers yet, he finally has some appearance. Once the big problem of weapons is solved, everything will be on track. Thinking of this, Wang Hengyue felt happy.
At this moment, when he saw Zhao Xi walking in, Wang Hengyue was about to greet him, but Zhao Xi was already walking forward quickly: "Master Wang, stop, stop!"
He walked quickly to Wang Hengyue and looked him up and down: "Mr. Wang has a strong body. I thought it would take a few days before he could go to the ground, but he didn't expect that he would be able to move around so soon!"
Then he gave a long bow and said: "Master Wang has won honors for our Rong County. Now, on behalf of the elders of Rong County, I am here to express my gratitude to Master Wang for his great feat!"
"Xiang Gong is so polite!" Wang Hengyue said hurriedly.
Seeing that my reputation has really spread, I'm afraid it will be a lot easier to do things in the future.
"Originally, the gentry were also coming to visit, but I thought that Mr. Wang was seriously injured and would not be able to see the guests, so I came here on behalf of the gentry and elders."
"Thank you, thank you so much." Wang Hengyue cupped his hand, and the wound started to hurt again.
After inviting Zhao Xi in, he sat down and Zhao Xi had already spoken: "What a magnificent act of righteousness, sir! Sichuan people are fierce. How can we be embarrassed if a foreign barbarian rides on our head? Fortunately, sir, I beat the foreign barbarians angrily.
Fight for the glory of the county. We have no way to repay you, but today we have a little thought to help you train your troops!"