1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 69 Conscription
After all, there are very few Transmigrators who are as idle as Ren Liang, and who are in the mood to slowly train their subordinates. Not everyone has a gang of hard labor who can be used at will.Gu Wei, who had just been transferred from the labor camp, is now in a very anxious state.

Gu Wei received an order from the Military and Police Department to join the newly established Recruitment Office, and at the same time, he will serve as the chief instructor of this phase of recruits after recruiting all recruits. This is natural for Gu Wei, who has been engaged in militia training for a long time. It's an easy job, but it's much better than getting mad at those mud monkeys every day in the labor camp.Of course, this organization is currently only carrying the title of "conscription office". Because of the shortage of space, the executive committee has not arranged an office for this organization at all. When necessary, it can only go to the office of the military police department to squeeze .

The main target of this conscription is the local people who have joined the two newly established communes. These people have basically been identified and registered, with high reliability and a certain degree of trust in Chuanzhong. The Military Police Department The leaders of the PLA think that these two places are definitely good sources of troops.And Gu Wei was assigned the task of recruiting troops to the farm commune.

Gu Wei was very excited when he first got the job. His personal goal was to become the leader of the military academy in the future, and training the local militia was obviously the first step to achieve this goal.Before he went to the farm to see his future subordinates, Gu Wei had more than once imagined that he was surrounded by a large group of naturalized officers.

However, when Gu Wei really came to the farm to see the scene here, he had to face the reality and readjust his thoughts. As for the concept of the army academy, he probably had to postpone it for a while.

The farm commune management committee has been notified by the executive committee to gather all the men in the commune in advance for the conscription office to choose.The vast majority of these local people standing in front of Gu Wei are black and thin, and their bodies are even thinner than those of the hard labor in the labor camp.

Most of the first batch of local people who joined the commune lived in extreme poverty. In order to have a safe meal and eat, they could ignore everything else. Joining the commune was considered a life-saving straw within their reach.The physical fitness of such people is naturally not much better, and Gu Wei can't help worrying about whether they can withstand the heavy training of recruits.

"Gao Huan, this is all the people in your commune?" Gu Wei was still a little in disbelief, he could only hope that the farm management committee was still in an ambush and hid some of the young and strong laborers.

Gao Huan also had a helpless expression on his face: "Don't dislike it, I can't bear to give people to you! There are only dozens of people who can do manual work here, and you are ready to take half of me away with a word. , I still don't know what to do with the production tasks on my side. The roster is also here, you can count the points."

"They're all skinny like monkeys... Doesn't it mean that the food on your farm is the best?" Gu Wei asked Gao Huan while looking at these numb workers.

"These talents have only been brought in for a few days. How can they take care of their bodies so quickly? Even if they take tonics, they won't do." Gao Huan explained: "Besides, many crops are only planted in the ground now, so there is nothing to eat. At most, it's just so that they can eat three meals without going hungry."

"There aren't many available for this Nima at all!" Gu Weixin said that Yan Chujie also hoped to pick a hundred young men from the two communes, so he should be brought here to see for himself - young man There are some, but none of the strong ones can be found.

Looking around, Gu Wei didn't find a few suitable ones, so he could only ask Gao Huan, "Have we told these people about our conscription policy?"

"Say it!" Gao Huan pointed his finger at Yazhou, "We are recruiting troops on behalf of Yazhou, but we are serving in the local area, so we don't need to go to Yazhou. We have monthly salaries, we can eat meat every day, we have pensions for those killed in battle, and we are discharged from the army. Arrangement of jobs, school arrangements for children... Oh, yes, veterans can also apply for contracted land. You see, everyone in the commune has signed up."

"All of these people have already signed up?" Gu Wei had never imagined that the enthusiasm of these soldiers would be so high.

"If I were like them, I would probably also sign up for the army, after all, the treatment is so good." Gao Huan sighed: "But don't be too happy, maybe in their eyes, being a soldier is the same as the army in the Ming Dynasty. the same."

"So these people think that they are just changing their place to continue to be farmers?" Gu Wei suddenly realized that the field soldiers of this era have almost been equated with farmers, and for these people, whether it is a commune member or Going to join the army as a soldier is all about farming, but the treatment is very different, so why not choose a way out that is more beneficial to you?
As a result, Gu Wei felt that the military and police department's previous optimism about the source of soldiers became more and more unreliable. In addition to physical fitness, this mental quality was also quite worrying.If a large number of people with this mentality are recruited to serve as soldiers, the ideological work in the early stage may be much more difficult than expected.

Although people from the farm commune were very enthusiastic about signing up, Gu Wei did not recruit people on a large scale out of concerns, and in the end only carefully selected less than 20 people.Even so, Gu Wei was not very satisfied with the people he had chosen. Looking at this group of thin young people, the only thing he could do was sigh and sigh.

In the afternoon, Gu Wei, who was not reconciled, went to the Salt Farm Commune again, but the situation here was not much better than that of the farm commune.The only thing that can make Gu Wei feel more gratified is that the members here are mainly villagers from Yulin Fishing Village, so they have a higher degree of identification with the Transmigrators, and some people dare to exchange a few words with Gu Wei.

For example, Yu Dashan, the special assistant of the commune management committee, came over and asked a very terrifying question: "Sir, you are recruiting troops like this, are you... planning to... rebel?"

Gu Wei took a deep breath and said: "Yu Dashan, if you can think of this question, your ideological awareness is very high!"

When I went to the farm commune in the morning, none of those people asked Gu Wei such a question. Maybe some people thought of it and didn't dare to ask.Of course, the Military and Police Department did not expect the excuse of "recruiting troops on behalf of Yazhou" to fool everyone. There are always some smart people who can see through the tricks.What Gu Wei never expected was that Yu Dashan, who has always been honest and honest, raised this question first.

Yu Dashan's face suddenly turned pale, and he waved his hands again and again: "No, no! I dare not dare!"

"Don't be afraid!" Gu Wei also knew that his tone was probably frightening Yu Dashan, so he lowered his voice and asked him: "How many people think the same as you?"

Yu Dashan stammered and replied, "No... No, I didn't tell anyone else."

"Actually, we're not recruiting soldiers this time, but police officers." Gu Wei knew that if he didn't make it clear, people like Yu Dashan would only get more and more afraid. Controlling the minds of the naturalized people is never a good thing, so he immediately brought out another statement prepared by the Military and Police Department: "We recruit these people mainly to maintain local law and order, quell disputes, arrest robbers, and defend against seas. Thief, in fact, it is the same as what the inspection department does. But we recruit people and support ourselves, and we don't need to listen to Yazhou's transfer. Do you understand when I say this?"

"Understood, I understand." Yu Dashan raised his hand and wiped the sweat from his forehead: "I will tell the younger generations exactly what the commander meant to prevent them from thinking wildly."

"So sensible! No wonder the executive committee values ​​you so much..." Gu Wei felt that Yu Dashan was very knowledgeable and knowledgeable, and he didn't understand what he said. Yu Dashan already knew what to do next.

Although the process was relatively smooth, the result was still not ideal. Gu Wei only selected more than 20 people in the Salt Field Commune.Of course, if Anxi hadn't followed him with a black face all the time, Gu Wei might have the cheek to ask for a few more people.

As a result, from the two places where the military and police department originally expected the concentration of troops, half of the expected number of recruits had not arrived. Obviously, the military and police department could not be satisfied with this situation.So the backup plan had to be put forward again - the recruitment of local minority youths into the army.The reason why the ethnic minorities are mentioned here instead of the Li nationality is that there have been small-scale Miao migrant workers on the sites of Chuanzhong.They come from farther into the mountains than the Tongzhai of the Li nationality, and their living conditions are poorer than those of the Li and the local Han people.

These Miao people are basically descendants of Miao soldiers who were conscripted and sent to Hainan to pacify the chaos from Jiajing to Wanli. It is recorded in the "Yazhou Chronicle", "Gaiqian Ming Dynasty, the suppression of Luohuo, Baoyou Erdong, and the establishment of Le Dingying. , and called Guangxi Miao soldiers for defense, and the number is medicine crossbowmen. After the flood season, the descendants are scattered in the valley, and they still use the name of Miao." Because of their guest army status, the local Han people and Li people did not like them very much, so that these People can only settle in deep mountains.

The Military and Police Department did not think too much about using the Li and Miao ethnic groups as the source of soldiers at first, because they believed that these people were not fully civilized, and the mixing of different ethnic groups might cause some troubles in subsequent military training.But now the planned number of soldiers cannot be recruited at all, forcing the Military and Police Department to reconsider the recruiting plan.

Many people in the Military and Police Department originally agreed to recruit troops from ethnic minorities. When they went to Fushandong to make a deal last time, someone had already suggested the formation of a Li nationality mountain army, but it was rejected because of the immature conditions in various aspects. .Now that the old story is brought up again, and a Miao ethnic group who is also good at mountain combat is added to choose from, the call for the formation of a multi-ethnic mixed army has become louder again.

(End of this chapter)