Chapter 12
Jidong County, a place located at the border, was quietly taken over by Zhao Wenbin.
Balda Yuqi and the others naturally could not be released again.
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Monkey Zheng. En, from this name, one could tell that he was the son of an ordinary family.
Today, he and Da Niu from the same village came to the county town. After selling the prey they had hunted, they were going home. However, there was a notice posted at the entrance of the county town and a few points were set up. A large group of people surrounded them.
"Daniu, let's go and watch the show!”
Monkey rolled his eyes and said to Da Niu beside him.
Da Niu was just like his name. He looked much stronger than the other young people in the village, so he had the nickname Da Niu.
"No! We still have to go back to work! He still had to go fishing in the lake this afternoon!”
Da Niu said in a muffled voice.
"Daniu! Let's go! Let's just watch the show and go back in a while. It won't take long!”
This monkey was really like his name. Not only was he thin, but he was also very active.
Da Niu didn't say anything and just followed Monkey to squeeze forward.
After a while, they squeezed to the front. However, the two of them were illiterate and did not know what was written on the notice.
"Sir, what is written on this?”
At this moment, Monkey saw a middle-aged man wearing glasses beside him. His eyes rolled around as he tugged at his sleeve and asked. In his opinion, this bespectacled person must be a cultured person and naturally literate.
The bespectacled middle-aged man glanced at Monkey and said,""This is the recruitment notice. It said that they were the Northeast Anti-Japanese Army and wanted to fight the Japanese, so they were recruiting here. Those who joined the army would receive a monthly salary of ten dollars.
Moreover, those who joined the army would be given 50 yuan as a family allowance. He hoped that all the ambitious young people would actively join the army.”
The bespectacled middle-aged man pointed at the few tables surrounding the crowd and said,""Take a look. That's the recruitment point.”
The bespectacled middle-aged man looked at the notice again after he finished speaking. He seemed to be hesitating about something before he gritted his teeth and walked toward the county government.
"Daniu, joining the army gives you 50 yuan as a family allowance! I've never seen so much money in my life. I can even receive ten yuan of military pay every month. Why don't we join the army?"
Monkey said to Da Niu with great interest. Fifty yuan as a settlement allowance. This sum of money made Monkey's heart flutter. He had never seen so much money in his life. For example, he and Da Niu had only sold their prey for a few cents today.
Da Niu was also very interested. Fifty yuan, no one would be unwilling to touch it. This was a considerable amount of income!
Some people had never seen so much money in their lives.
"Let's go! Go, go, go! Fifty bucks!"
Monkey pulled Da Niu and squeezed towards the recruitment office. Da Niu did not say anything and just followed behind Monkey towards the recruitment office.
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county government
At this moment, not only were there many people coming to the recruitment office in the city, but the county government was also recruiting.
What should he hire? Naturally, they were some cultured people. Of course, Zhao Wenbin's requirement here was to be literate. Age did not matter. What mattered was your culture.
"Name, age, home address, what position are you applying for?”
Because Old Man Li had been General Fengtian's advisor before, coupled with his good brain and some military strategy in his mind, he was currently valued by Zhao Wenbin. Now, he was in charge of the recruitment of the county government.
"Sun Li, 34 years old this year. He lived at 56 Yushan Street, East City, Jidong County. I want to apply for the position of government clerk!”
The bespectacled middle-aged man adjusted his glasses and said.
Old Man Li glanced at him and wrote it down with a brush. Then, he said to him,"There's a set of questions next to it. Go and do it first! After he was done, he would hand it over to Young Master. The results would be out in the afternoon.”
"Next!"
Old Man Li shouted after he finished speaking. The people behind him quickly came up again.
Old Man Li was recruiting people, while Zhao Wenbin was sitting on a chair and reading some documents.
"Jidong County only has 80,000 people. However, there's quite a lot of food. It's enough for us!”
Zhao Wenbin put down the document after taking a look.
"Sir, take a look. These are the soldiers we recruited this morning. The effect was pretty good. I heard that there was even a 50-dollar settlement allowance!”
At this moment, Li Ergou walked in with a report and handed it to Zhao Wenbin.
He took the report and scanned it twice. There were quite a number of people. In just one morning, these recruitment points had recruited more than 3,000 people. Continue! Continue to recruit. According to the plan, we need to recruit about 5,000 soldiers.”
Li Ergou walked to the side and poured himself a glass of water. He gulped down a glass of water and poured another glass before he was done. Zhao Wenbin did not care about him. He knew that this kid's throat was probably dry to death this morning.
"Sir, I've asked around at the recruitment points this morning. There aren't many young people who can read. In the morning, less than 200 out of the 3,000 people were literate.”
Previously, Zhao Wenbin had said that young people who could read would be selected and trained as officers. It couldn't be helped. Now, Zhao Wenbin was starting from a blank slate. He had to train his own officers. If he could recruit some literate people, he would definitely focus on training them.
"So be it if there are more than a hundred people! It was better than none. These people were selected individually. When the time comes, when you are training in the recruit camp, take special care of them. After a period of time, you will also begin to teach them what I have taught you.”
Zhao Wenbin was also a little helpless. The education penetration rate in this era was really too low. Among the three thousand people, less than two hundred of them were literate. What could he do?
Li Ergou nodded and went out again. Li Ergou and the others would definitely be busy for the next few days. He did not have time to eat lunch. When the time came, he would just go to the streets and eat something to settle his problems.
"Young Master, it's been transported over from Zhengyang Town. This time, 5,000 sets of military uniforms, 10,000 sets of training uniforms, and 5,000 sets of combat uniforms were shipped. They were currently unloading the goods in the county's warehouse!”
At this moment, Qian Mingxue walked over and said. He was also thirsty, so he poured himself a glass of water and gulped it down.
Qian Mingxue was an imperial scholar of the former Qing Dynasty. However, because he did not understand the ways of the world and offended some high-ranking officials and nobles for some reasons, he was finally stripped of his official rank. When he returned to his hometown, he could only rely on writing to make a living.
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