Chapter 217: Five to Six Million Registered
Shen Leyang nodded, “Yes, they, like your sister Chuchu, took the initiative to sign up to join the army, and they passed.”
Chao Chao was really confused, "Did a lot of people sign up?"
When asking this question, Shen Ruochu just came in and immediately said with a smile, "There are about five or six million people who sign up every year, but our country's conscription quota is only about 500,000 to 700,000, and about one in ten will be selected. So you can understand why it is so strict, even an outstanding person like me was eliminated."
No, it sounds like Fang Kaichen and Lin Qi are better than her.
However, at this moment, the great Qi people under the sky, "..."
How many people signed up? How many people were recruited?
Qu Wende's fingers were shaking. "There are actually five or six million people who signed up? How could so many people in the future take the initiative to join the army? It's unbelievable."
The Minister of Revenue at the side sighed, "And did you hear just now, these two people are obviously the children of official families, plus Shen Ruochu, that's three. Isn't this probability a bit high?"
Children of officials, unlike ordinary people, have more than one path to choose from.
They have their elders paving the way for them, and they may be the only or second child in the family. They don't have to worry about their future development, nor do they need to go to the military camp to gild themselves and suffer that kind of suffering.
So why are they so keen to join the army?
Is it true, as Yuanyuan said, that people in later generations respect and love soldiers? They can't be doing this for this.
Compared with these officials, ordinary people don’t think that deeply.
They thought, "There must be benefits to being a soldier. Maybe soldiers in the future will get paid a lot?"
"It must be very high, otherwise how could there be 4 to 5 million people signing up? 4 to 5 million, just hearing about it is scary. Being a soldier is not a fun thing. If you are not careful, you may even lose your life. Even if you don't fight, you still have to farm on weekdays. It's better to farm at home. At least you don't have to worry about fighting."
"Maybe in the future, we won't have to farm anymore?"
"If you don't farm, what do you do? You don't practice with weapons every day, do you?"
Anyway, they think that being a soldier will definitely pay well, so who would join if there are no benefits?
Actively sign up? Are you unhappy about not being selected?
What a joke! If the Daqi court recruits soldiers, they won’t even have time to hide.
After all, they don’t get paid as soldiers, and sometimes they have to bring their own dry food. Food should be provided in later generations, right?
Coincidentally, Chao Chao also asked, "Why are there so many people signing up? Is there money to be given out?"
Shen Ruochu was so happy that he said to Chao Chao, "Soldiers do get paid, but the salary of conscripts is very low. For those who have just joined the army, like Fang Kaichen, they may only get more than 2,000 yuan a month. But after retiring, there will be certain subsidies and preferential treatment in further studies and employment."
The people of Daqi: "..." More than two thousand? ? ?
They have already converted the prices into later generations. A salary of more than two thousand is really very, very, very little.
But, but aren’t there some subsidies and benefits behind this? See, there are still benefits.
Then they heard Shen Ruochu say, “But most people don’t join the army for the salary.”
"What's that?" Chao Chao asked.
"Why is that?" The people of Daqi also asked the same question.
Shen Ruochu thought for a moment and said, "Many people do this to respond to the country's call and to serve the country. Some do this for personal growth and training, and a small number of people do this to have another path."
Everyone in Daqi was like, "..."
Emperor Jingxuan pondered, should he serve the country? ?
So many people volunteer to join the army in order to serve the country?
But most of the people in Daqi joined the army because they had no choice but to do so in order to survive.
Perhaps when the country's survival is at stake, the people of Daqi will also put on their armor and go into battle without hesitation, fighting one after another to defend their country.
But in peacetime, people do not have such a strong sense of belief.
How did later generations do it?
When talking about serving the country, Shen Ruochu's eyes seemed to glow.
Chaochao also felt it. Although she still didn't quite understand it, she just felt that Sister Chuchu was very powerful.
Shen Ruochu found it hard to resist her shining eyes, so she quickly drank some water to hide the upturned corners of her mouth.
Shen Leyang, who was standing by, said, "I'll call someone to send over some ski equipment. Aunt, in addition to the basic equipment, do Chao Chao and Yuan Yuan need to prepare anything else?"
Everyone's attention quickly turned away, and they all looked at Shen Leyang. Yuanyuan said with some regret, "I have a ski suit at home. If I had known earlier, I would have brought it here. I like my ski suit very much."
"If you want, I can buy you an identical set." In fact, they are also available at the ski resort, but they are used to preparing them in advance.
Jian Yunsang wrote down some of the things the child needed, and Shen Leyang went to work.
Even though he often seems distracted by experiments and studies, he is still very reliable when it comes to doing things.
By dinner time, everything that needed to be prepared had been delivered.
Several people stayed at Shen's house at night. There were several guest rooms at home, which were just enough for them.
Unfortunately, by the time Chao Chao went to bed, the aunt he missed so much had not returned yet.
He Jingyi worked overtime until after ten o'clock before she came back. She went to see Chaochao and Yuanyuan, said hello to Jian Yunsang who had not yet gone to bed, talked for a while, and then went to take a shower and go to bed.
The next day, I went out early again.
When Chaochao woke up, He Jingyi had been gone for exactly ten minutes.
Chao Chao sighed, "Aunt is really working so hard."
It was fine that I didn’t see him when I was in Jiangcheng before, but now I’m living at my aunt’s house, and I still haven’t seen him.
Shen Ruochu touched her furry head and said, "Don't worry, we will definitely see her when we come back from skiing."
"Um."
"Let's go. We're off." The driver arranged by Fang Kaichen and his team has already driven the car to the garage. They moved all the things downstairs, loaded them up and were ready to leave.
Both cars were seven-seater business cars. Jian Yunsang had more people on his side, so Shen Ruochu simply sat on Fang Kaichen's side.
The cars drove out of Hexinyuan one after another.
The weather is nice today. Chao Chao lies by the window, looking at the street scene of Xingcheng curiously.
The people of Daqi were also watching, especially those living in the south, who had never traveled far in their lives and had never seen the scenery of the north.
They have followed Chao Chao and have seen the world.
As the car left the city, the snow scene on the roadside became more obvious. It was a vast expanse of white, covered in silver, so beautiful that it seemed out of this world.
Especially after driving for more than an hour, as we got closer to the ski resort, the snow on both sides of the road became thicker and whiter.
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