Late Qing Dynasty Executioner

Chapter 85 Recruiting
How to choose soldiers? This is a problem!
Chen Gu's method is naturally to select according to the needs. For example, for professional snipers, the first thing to do is to select those with good eyesight, patience, stable emotions and quick reactions.

When recruiting soldiers this time, Chen Gu plans to recruit some local people from Fobao in addition to the people from the mountain stronghold. In this way, the mountain stronghold and Fobao can be more closely tied together.

The Fobao place is extremely important to Chen Gu at present. Even if Chen Gu's power is gone in the future, the Fobao place can still exist as a secret arsenal.

The terrain, which is surrounded by mountains and is easy to defend but difficult to attack, can be used as a last resort.

Although the transportation is not very convenient, it is actually just a difficult mountain road of 20 to 30 miles. It is only 50 miles to the Yangtze River, and you can be out in less than an hour on horseback.

If it is the flood season, you only need to walk 20 or 30 miles along the mountain road to reach Tanghe, and then you can sail directly to the Yangtze River. In fact, it is not as isolated as imagined.

"It seems like you let Yunhua pick out 150 people yesterday?" Lao Piao asked.

Chen Gu nodded and said, "They are different."

"What's the difference?" Lao Piao asked.

"Their training will be even more difficult!" Chen Gu said with a smile.

Chen Gu planned to personally train the 150 people selected by Yunhua into special forces. It just so happened that the terrain of Fobao was very suitable for training mountain special forces.

"How do we recruit people? Do we select them one by one?" asked Lao Piao.

Chen Gu thought for a moment and said, "Go get me a gong first. I'll wait for you at the threshing ground!"

"Go get me a few more sets of pens, ink, paper and inkstone." Chen Gu said as he took the gong.

Whether it is the heavy daily training tasks or the tenacious fighting will, they all require super strong psychological qualities to support them.

"This is easy!" Lao Piao turned around and ran away.

When Chen Gu just walked to the threshing ground, Lao Piao had already run back with a gong. It must be said that this guy is tall and has long legs, so he is very good at running errands.

I have to say that Lao Piao is a gifted guy. Not only is he tall, but he is also incredibly strong. The hard training for ordinary people is nothing to Lao Piao.

"You'll know how hard it is once you try it." Chen Gu smiled and didn't explain too much. After all, you'll know what it's like only after you try it.

However, Lao Piao may not be able to withstand the training of special forces.

Although special forces also need super physical fitness, what is more important is psychological quality.

"This is difficult. Few people here use pens, ink, paper and inkstones, or in other words, few know how to write," said Lao Piao.

"Tsk, how hard can it be?" Lao Piao said with some disdain.

"Isn't there any grocery store?" Chen Gu asked with a frown.

Lao Piao shook his head and said, "I don't know. I haven't asked."

"Then go ask. If there is nothing, ask Zhang the chief steward to borrow it!" Chen said. Chen couldn't see through Liu Er, or he couldn't understand why he insisted on being an executioner all his life even though he had a stronghold and was so skilled. In Chen's opinion, Liu Er would be better off anywhere.

Chen Gui also couldn't see through the sour scholar. He was a man of great talent. A scholar who could make Wu You, a scholar, admire him just by reading the notes recorded by Chen Gui must be very talented. Such a person could do anything better than being a coroner.

Another person that Chen Gu couldn't see through was Zhang Haomin. This guy was even more outrageous. He could write and count, and was quite skilled. He could be said to be both civil and military. Yet, he became a water carrier and worked as such for more than 20 years.

No matter what choices others make, it is impossible for Chen Gu to do this. Since he has the ability, he has to give it a try regardless of whether he succeeds or not.

Lao Piao ran away again, and Chen Gu picked up the gong and started beating it.

There were not many people on the threshing ground. Although the spring ploughing had been completed and there was not much to do in the fields, it was not yet time for the big meal. However, there were only a dozen people on the threshing ground, divided into four or five groups, chatting. They were all old men and women with a few children.

Women should be cooking at this time, while young and strong men are walking around the fields. If the field is short of water, or has too much water, even pulling a few grasses will be beneficial to the crops.

"Duang, Duang, Duang."

After the sound of the gong attracted everyone's attention, Chen Gu raised his voice and shouted, "Tell each other that the boss is looking for people who can write and calculate. The salary is two taels of silver per month, including food and accommodation, and two sets of clothes for winter and summer.

At the same time, they also recruited warrior apprentices. The first month salary was 100 wen, the second month 200 wen, and the tenth month salary was one tael of silver. After two years, the monthly salary was 2 taels and 4 qian of silver. Food and accommodation were also provided, and two sets of clothes for winter and summer.

Everyone can sign up for the selection, and once you are recruited, you will never have to worry about food and drink for the rest of your life!"

At first, everyone was watching Chen Jue shouting with a happy look on their faces, but after hearing the content, everyone immediately dispersed.

The treatment offered by Chen Gu was indeed very attractive. You have to know that the yamen runners in Jiangjin County only earned one or two taels of silver a month. Of course, the yamen runners had power and could get some extra money.

But in fact, there is not much external money they can get. After all, they cannot afford to offend the rich. Ordinary people can hardly make enough food and clothing, so how can they make money? They can only get some benefits from ordinary small businessmen.

But there were only so many of that specific group of people, so the yamen runners naturally did not dare to go too far.

Chen Gu's monthly salary of two taels of silver also includes food, accommodation, and clothes, which is definitely a generous amount.

Although a samurai apprentice only gets 100 wen in the first month, the salary increases by 100 wen every month. This is also very attractive to ordinary people who are struggling to make ends meet.

So after the news spread, a large number of people quickly gathered at the threshing ground, more than the number of monks who came to review the situation yesterday.

But everyone was watching from outside the threshing floor, and no one even came forward to ask questions.

After all, Chen Gu had just ordered the killing of so many people yesterday, and everyone was a little afraid of him.

Chen Gu looked at so many people and repeated the treatment of the eight recruits. Then he raised his voice and said, "Now we will recruit those who can write and calculate. They are required to recite the Thousand Character Classic. If you think you can meet the requirements, come forward and take the test!"

Hundred Family Surnames, Three Character Classic and Thousand Character Classic were the enlightenment books of this era. Chen Gu did not need any great scholar, or even a real scholar. As long as he could organize the account books, record the files of the soldiers, and write a requisition for supplies, that would be enough.

This requirement did not seem high to Chen Kui.

(End of this chapter)