Since the Accounting: A Chronicle of the Roman Khanate

Chapter 585 Work Injury
After making an agreement with these people, Guo Kang went around the camp specifically, intending to express his condolences to the instructors and officers who were left behind. However, Lu Yougong told him that Captain Lucas and others were not here yet.

They explained that Captain Lucas and others were too tired before. In order to prevent them from being too tired today and not performing well during the ceremony, everyone made an appointment in advance and asked them to rest more. They would come back after breakfast and the troops participating in the ceremony were officially assembled.

Guo Kang was quite surprised by this. In his impression, Captain Lucas is energetic and highly motivated. If I remember correctly, this person was originally a temporary logistics officer hired by the Alemany Front—actually an intermediary. They need to go deep into the enemy's territory, contact merchants and residents, prepare various supplies in advance, hoard them, and transport them when the army approaches.

This kind of action needs to be carried out under the eyes of the enemy, which is to bully the barbarian because he has weak management skills and cannot even control his territory well. But over time, the barbarians have known this trick for a long time, so they will send out various patrols to intercept caravans and search villages and places where supplies may be stored. At the slightest suspicion, caravans would be seized and villages plundered.

Moreover, in order to line their own pockets, many patrol teams will do this even in places where there is no suspicion. Even if there are political opponents who use this to criticize, they can only say that they are suspected of collaborating with the enemy. They would rather kill all the territorial residents than let go of possible heretics. Anyway, a dead person can't argue with anything.

Therefore, qualified logistics officers are generally smart and courageous in order to adapt to this complex environment. People who can do this job well are generally energetic and can get along in any profession; they can not only build good relations with the locals, but also open up connections with the lords, and even become brothers with the gangs hired by the enemy in private. Recruit them to deal with other mercenaries and bandits.

If Captain Lucas is favored by his family and specially recommended to him, he must be a capable person. It's hard to imagine what could possibly tire him out like this.

In this regard, Lu Yougong and others explained that it was not that they did not work hard, but that the new recruits were too difficult to serve.

During the initial training period for the new recruits, Captain Lucas was in charge alone. From daily collective life to the training of various military skills, he was responsible for everything according to plan. At that time, no one thought too much, and he didn't pay much attention to it, so he just agreed.

But this time, the situation was more difficult than everyone expected.

To this end, Captain Lucas also made extraordinary efforts. This is his first official job in Dadu. Although it seems to be a low-ranking job, this task is actually to directly serve the eldest son of the Guo family and organize soldiers for his first expedition. As long as he doesn't mess up the matter. It's so outrageous that it can be said that he has entered his direct team by default. Even Guo's old cronies may not be able to take this kind of job.

The reason why it was his turn was purely due to an accident. No one expected that Guo Kang would suddenly think of recruiting these people as soldiers, and even wanted to train them as the backbone of the future, and this happened to be a new organization. Before, Not many people care. Just like that, this task suddenly fell on his head.

Therefore, facing this important and promising position, he did not dare to relax at all. Even if I encounter a difficult problem, I don't rush to give feedback or ask for help. Instead, I grit my teeth and work overtime every day. I wish I could be three people by one person, for fear of being considered incompetent. However, no matter how hard he tried, he could not fight against the objective situation.

The recruits had extremely poor foundations. At the beginning, even standing in line was a problem, let alone actions. The captains complained to Guo Kang, saying that when arranging the queue, they didn't pay attention to formation changes at the beginning, as long as they knew where they stood. During training, Baihu takes everyone to pose once, and then you remember that you are in the third row, with Ivan on the left and Dmitri on the right - that's enough. The remaining complex formations and rapid assembly are not part of the recruit training period, and there is no expectation that they can be mastered in one go. You can just get familiar with them gradually.

However, for Rose's new recruit, he will most likely look confused and ask, "Which row is the third row? Which side is the left?" Because these people really can't tell the difference between left and right. They have no experience at all in this area and only have some simple intuitions. If you ask him to use his easier hand to pick up the weapon like a hoe, he may subconsciously reach out with his right hand. But if he is asked to clearly remember the concept of left and right and quickly distinguish and identify it, he will not be able to do it...

The same goes for the problem of not being able to count. Our investigation found that most Russians have trouble even counting. Most people can only identify within the range of two hands, so a team can only have ten people at most - no matter how many people there are, he will not be able to remember the numbers of his teammates or even himself.

It was difficult for Guo Kang to understand this, because whether he was farming in his hometown or working in Dadu, keeping count was always necessary. Whether in the Central Plains or the Purple Horde Khanate, the popularization of arithmetic was largely for the purpose of measuring fields and paying taxes. Every time taxes are collected, there will be arguments with officials, and the ratio must be calculated clearly. In this case, it is inevitable that someone will take advantage of it. Basically, a lot of things will happen every year, and it is not uncommon for them to cause major troubles. If I can’t count, I don’t know what else to do.

However, in the land of Ross, it seems that these calculations are of no use. He was told that the taxes there are not levied on a proportional basis, so arithmetic is probably not needed. The same is true for the people who work in the city. In fact, most of these people do not come here to find jobs on their own, but are organized by businessmen and sent here in batches to work as hard labor.

Like those Russians at the dock, the remuneration they received had nothing to do with how many objects they moved. It all depended on how much the leader was willing to pay. Basically, they could only get food that they could barely survive without starving to death. Clothes and money were basically out of the question. . In order to control these people, businessmen specially raised many thugs, which is why the gangs there are so rampant. In fact, these days are no different from those of slaves, and the skills of counting are useless. Therefore, once you find something outrageous about Russian people, it is usually not that they themselves are outrageous, but that the social environment in which they live is too outrageous. Of course, it is indeed a very outrageous thing for the social environment to be so outrageous...

Captain Lucas and others probably underestimated the difficulty of the situation. Many things that are considered common sense by ordinary people have to be taught to these people from scratch. He wants to be both a coach and a teacher - because even Captain Ross can't read and write, and they can't write a list even if they are asked to register...

What's more terrible is that most of the recruits not only have no skills at all, but also lack basic concepts of discipline and rules.

Roman law had a strong presence, was very important in society, and was widespread enough. Ordinary Roman soldiers, even if they had not received any training, had experience of being managed on a farm, and had a clear understanding and sufficient respect for various social rules. But this group of new recruits seemed to be confused, and sometimes they didn't even know what they were thinking.

Of course, this is completely impossible. The most rigorous organization these people have ever seen before is the gangsters in Dadu. The most reliable management method I've seen is to beat someone if they don't obey you. Apart from this, they have seen no other means of maintaining order. The gang's management is obviously not fair, and it is very annoying even to the completely illiterate Slavs. Therefore, they naturally hate these rules and even have doubts about any management directed at them. If people take care of it, they will immediately start fishing instinctively and spontaneously.

On the other hand, there are a lot of new recruits who are really motivated. When Guo Kang was selecting candidates, he repeatedly demanded the principle of voluntariness. If he found unsuitable people along the way, as long as he did not intentionally break the law and cause harm, he would give money and return them. Many of those who are willing to stay are full of longing for military life. They believe in Guo Kang's previous assurances and hope that they can gain "human" status by joining the army. Even make contributions and get a better life.

However, they really have no idea about military life. Because of my excessive enthusiasm, I often think about myself. Once I get excited, I start tinkering with various things. The officer couldn't control him despite his orders, so when he went to punish him, he still felt aggrieved...

During the New Year, they finally had a break, but a few recruits with a strong sense of justice found out that the grain store next to them had increased their prices during the New Year when they went home to visit relatives. Ross Bing was extremely sensitive to this and immediately concluded that this was a profiteer who wanted to create chaos again and repeat the incident some time ago.

After some discussion, they decided that the situation was urgent and without reporting it to their superiors, they took matters into their own hands and decided to act bravely. They rushed in on the spot and beat up the businessman who opened the store. They also took away all the food in the store and distributed it directly to the neighbors. The businessman went to the government to file a complaint, resulting in Captain Lucas not even having a holiday. During the entire New Year period, he was undergoing questioning, testifying, and writing various reviews and reports...

The situation during management is roughly like this: if the recruits are in a bad mood and their motivation is not high, they will try to work together and be lazy; if their enthusiasm and motivation are high, they will work hard every day. Captain Lucas had nothing to do about it. He tried calling more priests to help, but the recruits couldn't remember many things, even if they preached and reasoned. I can only beat them hard with a cane, trying to maintain order as much as possible, just like teaching children, beating them into a habit...

Later, the Cao family sent their children over to prepare for them to serve under Guo Kang. Captain Lucas and others took the opportunity to ask them if there was any good way to train and manage the Ross people.

As a result, the housekeeper of the Cao family was shocked when he saw the situation of the recruits' queue, saying that the situation was much higher than they expected. He also advised the coaches not to be anxious about this, because the performance of these people is already very good - if they were in their hometown of Ross, they would never even expect to see this kind of performance.

Of course, that being said, when it comes to actually doing things, there is no point in being worse than worse. The requirements from above will not be reduced because of the special circumstances of this land. They still have to work hard every day.

Everyone told Guo Kang that after he became acquainted with Zhu Wenkui and his gang, Captain Lucas would try to go on business trips whenever he had the chance, so he was often seen away on business trips. The trivial matters of daily management were left to Old Hans and the others - Old Hans had many apprentices and enough manpower, so he could take turns beating up the Russians, so the pressure would be much less.

Taking advantage of this time, he also found an old Chinese medicine doctor in the city, prescribed some plasters, and went for a guided massage. According to Ma Wanjun, it was a strain disease. It's probably because he was tired from fighting the Russians every day and got into trouble.

This was the first time Guo Kang had heard that there were cases of work-related injuries caused by beating people. Previously, he wanted to promote some policies of friendliness between superiors and subordinates, civilized law enforcement, and no arbitrary beating or scolding of recruits. But judging from the current situation, it can only be said that this land has its own national conditions, and it is probably a bit difficult to promote it... I can only ignore this matter for the time being.

(End of this chapter)