Chapter 958: Alternative Salary System for Soldiers
The conscription notice of the Shen Ce Guard was sent out from Hanyang County, so naturally the eight counties of Hanyang in the north were the first to receive the news. After receiving Luo Chong's order, the counties copied many copies of the notice and posted them on the streets and alleys of various counties on the same day, attracting the surrounding people to gather
and watch. "Look, our tribe is recruiting again!"
"Ah? Recruiting? Is this true? We are going to fight again?! Didn't we recruit a lot of soldiers before?"
"Who knows? I heard there is a notice at the city gate. Let's go and take a look."
"Okay, hey? Wait, there seems to be one here too. Who of you can read? Come and read it to everyone and see what's written on it?"
In Qianzhou County, Weishan County, east of Hanyang County, several people were just about to go to the county gate to see the conscription notice, and suddenly found that there was also a new notice posted on a street corner near them, so they immediately gathered over, and those who could read read it on the spot.
"Recruitment notice: To inform all the people of the Han tribe, the cannibals in the north are growing larger and larger. In order to prevent the cannibals from committing crimes again and bringing disaster to the people of the Han tribe, the leader has specially established the imperial army, the Shen Ce Guard, and is preparing to march north to fight against the cannibals. We are hereby recruiting soldiers.
"Recruitment requirements: male, 16 to 25 years old, healthy and without disabilities, between 1.65 and 1.9 meters tall, strong, good eyesight, no criminal record, at least one child, those with archery experience are preferred, and those who can communicate proficiently in Chinese are preferred.
"Special note: All applicants will undergo physical tests and political examinations, and those who fail will be eliminated. This recruitment has extremely high vision requirements, requiring that you can clearly see the body of the person opposite you from 300 meters away.
"(This recruitment has a total of 200 places in Weishan County, and Qianzhou County is limited to 40 people. Those who are interested can register at the county government office as soon as possible. The recruitment will end in three days.)
——————Han tribe, Weishan County, Qianzhou County, County Office Announcement [Seal]"
After hearing the notice, several people were stunned for a moment, because there were too many things to complain about in the notice.
First of all, conscription is not a rare thing, because it has been conscripted before, but those were all used to fight against others. The Han tribe is very powerful, and the leader equips the soldiers with the best armor and the best weapons. Fighting against people of the same kind, they are not afraid at all.
But this time is different. The Shen Ce of this conscription is Wei, actually had to face cannibals, and the army of the hairy giants of the cannibals.
They had all heard of that monster, which was more than three meters tall, full of muscles, agile and powerful. The tribe had fought against that thing before, but it was all a defensive battle. If they could hide on the city wall and face the giant ape from a high position, they would not be so afraid, but who knows what the situation will be this time.
If they take the initiative to attack, they will definitely lose the geographical advantage, what will they use to fight the giant apes of the cannibals? !
When they thought of this, some people wanted to retreat.
And there are more things to complain about. The biggest difference between this time and the previous conscription is the perverted vision requirement. It actually said that you have to see the body of the person on the opposite side from 300 meters away. Isn’t this nonsense? Who can see at such a long distance? !
The last point that makes people powerless to complain is the issue of conscription quotas.
Their dignified Weishan County, a large county with a total population of more than 40,000, needs 200 people in total? ! Is there any mistake?
Weishan County has six counties under its jurisdiction, not counting the county located in the lake. The remaining five counties of Midao County on Xin Island recruited a total of 200 soldiers, and the quota for one county is only 40? !
What kind of ridiculous conscription order is this? How can only so few people be recruited? !
Assuming that the other counties of the Han tribe also recruited only 200 soldiers like Weishan County, then more than a dozen counties combined can only recruit more than 2,000 people. If the newly acquired Qiongzhou Island is included, there will be at most 3,000 people. With 3,000 people, how can we defeat the large-scale cannibals and the monster giant apes of the cannibals?
Is the leader kidding? !
"What is this? We only recruit 40 people in one county. Are you sure you didn't see it wrong?" A young man next to him asked the person who read the notice with a little disbelief.
"That's right, why are there only so few people? Could it be that not only the Shen Ce Guards are going to fight this time, but also other guards will go with them? "Other people around also began to speculate.
"I read it right, it's forty people. There are a total of two hundred in our county, and there are only forty people allocated to our county." The person who read the notice also confirmed it again and said,
"Hey, hey, hey, hey, what are you all worried about? Why are you always arguing about the number of people here? You don't even look at the requirements for conscription. My goodness, you actually need to be able to see people from three hundred meters away. With this condition here, you are allowed to sign up, how many people can pass?"
An older man also complained here. He himself is twenty-eight years old and has missed the maximum registration requirement, but this does not prevent him from watching the fun here.
"Yeah, the conscription conditions this time are too harsh. Who can see people from three hundred meters away? !"
"I think otherwise, don't you think about why the leader wants to recruit such soldiers? !
"Think about it, the soldiers recruited this time are going to fight against cannibal monsters. Who can defeat such terrible monsters in close combat?
"So if you want to kill those monsters, you can only use long-range attacks. Since it is a long-range attack, the farther you can see, the better. Didn't you see the other sentence on the notice? Those with archery experience are preferred, which means that the leader is recruiting archers, and of course they have to have good eyesight."
The man who read the notice to everyone before analyzed it again. Everyone nodded after hearing it, thinking that what he said made sense.
"Well, you have a point, but even if all archers are recruited, this requirement is considered harsh, right? That's three hundred meters, almost a mile. Who can see the enemy so far away?"
"That's not impossible." Just when others were still complaining, another boy of seventeen or eighteen years old stood up. Seeing that everyone was looking at him, he continued to explain.
"In fact, if we only talk about vision, everyone should be able to see it, but in fact, whether you can see it depends on the environment you are in.
"For example, when we go to the fields to plant rice, the field has a wide view, it is all flat land, and you can see everything at a glance. You can see your neighbors in the same village across several fields. A family has dozens of acres of land, and several families have acres of land. It is at least more than three hundred meters away, so you can still see people.
"Of course, this is talking about flat and open land. If it is in the woods, there are trees blocking the view. What's the use of having good vision? You still can't see far." When
several people heard it, they were all stunned.
Yes, if that's the case, their vision must be up to standard. It is not difficult to see people three hundred meters away. This distance is almost equivalent to sitting in the audience watching a football game. Can't you see the people on the football field sitting in the audience?
And the requirement is just to see the person, not to identify who it is. As long as you can be sure that it is your enemy, it is fine. As for who the enemy is, it is not important, anyway, they are not familiar with each other.
"Huh? According to what you said, it seems that it is not difficult to see people at 300 meters?!"
"It is not difficult at all. You can discuss it slowly. I will go back and tell my wife that I must go to the conscription this time." After the young man said that, he turned around and went home with his hoe.
Every conscription is a good opportunity for civilians to turn over a new leaf, because soldiers can fight in wars, earn military merits, and get a title, which may not be attractive to those children in school.
Because as long as they learn well, whether they go to work as a clerk in the government office, take the official career, or enter the research institute and become a craftsman after graduation, they can have a good future and a channel for advancement, such as accumulating merits in political performance assessments and getting a title, or participating in some research and development projects and getting merits and getting a title, these are all channels for advancement, with high and stable incomes, and very decent jobs, and they are all popular with people for blind dates.
For ordinary people like them who are already 17 or 18 years old, 20 years old, have families and children, but have never been to school, and have no craftsmanship, and can only farm and raise people, serving as a soldier to earn military merits in exchange for a title has become the only way to rise.
Therefore, every conscription has great appeal to such ordinary people.
Everyone is eager to make progress, to have a higher social status, and to have a better standard of living, but they have no culture and no skills, so they can only work for the tribe.
If they are unwilling to serve as a soldier, then it can only be said that they deserve to be mediocre all their lives.
It is in this background environment that the people are very enthusiastic about the conscription this time.
First of all, because of the name of the leader's imperial army, you can tell that this army is not simple at first glance. Secondly, the people have begun to realize that with the development of the Han tribe, the tribe's strength is getting stronger and stronger, and the opportunity to go out to fight will probably be less and less in the future. If you don't seize this opportunity, you will probably regret it for the rest of your life.
This is not to say that their families have no hope, but that their generation has no hope. If they don't become soldiers, they can only continue to be farmers who grow crops and raise children. The only chance to turn things around will be their children. They can only urge their children to go to school well so that they can have a chance to turn things around in the future.
In short, a society must have a channel for the bottom to rise. If there is no channel for rising, then this society will definitely be in chaos. This is the lesson summed up by human civilization for thousands of years, no matter which human civilization it is.
The people cherish this opportunity so much that on the day the notice was posted, more than 50 people in Qianzhou County signed up to apply. By the next day, the number of people who signed up to join the army in Qianzhou County had exceeded 200, and almost all young and middle-aged people who met the conditions had signed up.
However, the upper limit was only 40 people, and the local government had no choice but to start various political reviews and assessments in the hope of selecting the best soldiers.
The county organized its own vision test. These farmers who had never read books and did not need to write under the lamp were basically able to reach the ability to visually identify the human body at 300 meters. In order to better evaluate the real effect, the county set the distance to 400 meters and 500 meters, and then let the targets wear clothes of different colors for the participants to identify.
In this way, a group of people were successfully eliminated, and only about 150 to 60 people were left after eliminating more than 200 people.
However, it was much higher than the limit of 40 people, so the county could only continue to conduct assessments and eliminations. The second round was to compare endurance, physical strength and speed. To put it bluntly, it was a physical fitness test. There was no good way to do this. The simplest way was to run a race. After a round of running, the number of people decreased again, and finally the number was reduced to less than 100.
Then there was another round of political review and investigation. Even the neighbors of the applicants had to be visited by the government to inquire about the person's usual personality and character.
As for whether there was a criminal record, it could be found in the government's own files.
After this round of political review, the number of people was reduced to 80 again, but it was still twice the limit, so the county began to organize archery assessments again, and the final round of screening was carried out according to the number of rings obtained in the archery competition. Finally, the final 40 winners were selected. These people will undoubtedly be the soldiers of the future Shen Ce Guard.
The selected soldiers were overjoyed, happier than those who passed the exam. One by one, the enlistment notices were sent to their homes, and their first month's military pay was also sent. All the recruits had only two days to prepare. After two days, they would begin to gather and gather in Hanyang County under the arrangement of the county.
Many recruits were still confused after receiving the military pay, and they didn't understand why the money was given by the higher-ups. After asking, they learned that the salary of soldiers was different from that of workers, teachers, etc. They settled their wages at the beginning of the second month after working for a month, while soldiers got paid first and then went to the battlefield.
This reflects the difference in the nature of the profession. If a soldier works hard first and then gets paid, sometimes he may not see the money until he dies. In order to avoid this regret, the army uniformly pays the next month's salary this month, one month in advance.
Even Luo Chong was like this in his previous life. He was used to this system, so he copied it to the Han tribe.
The new soldiers who received the money had very complicated feelings. It was of course a good thing to have money. They could feel at ease. Even if they followed the army to fight, their families would have money to eat and live.
However, the alternative salary system also reminded them all the time that they were going to serve as soldiers and fight. The meaning of paying the salary first and then going to the battlefield was to tell them clearly that as a soldier, they might die at any time.
If you are afraid of death, then don't take the money and don't be a soldier.
(End of this chapter)
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