Rise From the Humble

After Zhu Ping'an left Master Zhang, he visited other craftsmen and all the apprentices one by one, asking questions and chatting about home affairs. He missed nothing, making everyone feel valued. Although they were not grateful to tears, they were all moved. , the sense of belonging to the Zhejiang Army soared, and the body and mind also stabilized.

Without him, the status of blacksmiths in this era was too low. In the feudal era with strict hierarchy, it was hard to imagine that a fourth-grade official would greet them and chat with them. This kind of thing is more common in modern society.

Among these craftsmen, there was also a craftsman named Liu Jin who also came from the military field. Later, he also participated in making artillery. However, he was not a professional firearms craftsman. He only participated in the casting of cannon bodies a few times, and he was still a cold weapon. Craftsmen are good at making armors, forging swords and other cold weapons.

However, in this age of cold weapons, Zhu Ping'an was content with getting two outstanding firearms craftsmen at once.

"I plant a seed, and sooner or later it will bear fruit. After a while it will be a great day."

Zhu Pingan walked to the school grounds humming a little song.

After all, Zhu Ping'an came from a liberal arts background, and he only knew some general directions about firearms, but he didn't know anything about how to do it specifically. However, he believed that with these directional guidance, he could ensure that Ou Zhige and Zhang Hong could embark on the right path, and also be on the right path. It can save a lot of time, energy and cost. As the saying goes, "Success is 99% sweat plus 1% inspiration. Many times, this 1% inspiration is more important than 99% sweat." The direction you give them is the inspiration within the inspiration.

I am looking forward to the day when Ou Zhige and Zhang Hong surprise me. I believe this day won't be long.

Zhu Ping'an hummed a little song all the way to the school grounds. When he arrived at the school grounds, he found that the selection of corps commanders had come to an end. Only the last seven corps commanders were still in fierce competition, and the other corps commanders had already been announced.

Zhu Pingan asked Liu Mu for the newly released list of corps commanders, and was surprised to find that most of them were recruits from Yiwu.

To be precise, in addition to the 55 corps commanders who were directly appointed as corps commanders based on superior discipline performance assessment, the remaining 65 corps commanders, there are currently seven corps commanders competing, and they have already competed for the succession. Among the fifty-eight corps commanders who came, Yiwu recruits actually won 35 corps commander places in one fell swoop, while veterans only won 23 places.

As the competition for the last seven team captains ended, the final spots were determined.

Yiwu people are indeed a natural-born military force. Their experience in fighting on the front line for many years, coupled with their talent, has allowed them to shine in these corps commander competitions. Yiwu recruits have won a total of thirty-eight corps commanders. In the end, the veteran only got twenty-seven corps commander quotas.

In fact, veterans are not fuel-efficient. They came from bandits and bandits, and they licked blood from their swords. After joining the Zhejiang Army, they took a few months off work to train exclusively, and even competed with Japanese pirates once. In fact, they are not weak anymore.

However, Yiwu's new recruits are too fierce.

"Dadao, you have recruited an incredible group of new soldiers this time."

Ruofeng and other battalion commanders and commanders witnessed the fierceness of Yiwu recruits during the competition for corps commander, and couldn't help but sigh and admire them.

They originally thought that in this competition for corps commanders, the veterans must have taken advantage and could probably take away most of the corps commander positions. However, they never expected that the Yiwu recruits looked honest and honest, but their physical fitness and agility were a mess. , who can fight each other, can resist each one, and is so powerful that he actually snatched more than half of the corps commander positions from the veterans.

These new recruits are really fierce.

However, both the new and old soldiers are their soldiers. They are the commanders and battalion commanders, and the more powerful their soldiers are, the better.

"Haha, of course, you haven't seen the scene of Yiwu people fighting with weapons at that time. It was really a response to a hundred people, going forward one after another, fearless of life and death. My father fought to death, and my brother fought to the death. My brother fought to the death, and my brother fought to the death. The man fought to the death. , women, go ahead. When we fight against the Japanese pirates in the future, you will admire me even more when you lead us to recruit Yiwu soldiers. In addition, when you lead us to recruit soldiers, you specially selected those who are honest, obedient, hard-working, and you will know this when you practice. What a group of soldiers."

Liu Dadao said with a proud look on his face.

"Dadao, you have done a good job! The soldiers you have recruited this time are incredible. I am really speechless. Your Excellency said that our Zhejiang Army still has thousands of vacancies. Next time our Zhejiang Army recruits soldiers, we should go to Yiwu. "

Ruofeng and others were full of praise for the new recruits. Thinking that there were still vacancies in the Zhejiang Army, they would have to go to Yiwu to recruit more soldiers.

"Of course we are going to Yiwu. Let me tell you, we are going to recruit soldiers this time because the number of recruits is limited. We select the best among the best and then select the best among the best. There are still many strong and honest young men who have failed to be selected because there are no quotas. Not to mention that there are How heartbroken. If the recruitment is liberalized, at least 12,300 strong and honest young men who meet the requirements can be recruited. This is just one county in Yiwu County. In addition to Yiwu County, the people in Yongkang next door are not bad either. The people in Yiwu are mainly After fighting with the Yongkang people for so many years, the Yiwu people did not take much advantage. It can be seen that the quality of the Yongkang people is not much worse than that of the Yiwu people. These two places can provide at least 30,000 excellent soldiers."

Liu Dadao said swornly.

"I really look forward to the expansion of our Zhejiang Army." Xia Laoqi and others couldn't help but think about it when they heard that there were still excellent soldiers from Xiao Sanwan.

"Haha, if you want to expand the army, you'd better train the new recruits as soon as possible, and then fight the Japanese pirates with real swords and guns a few times, and make achievements that are convincing enough. Raising troops requires money, especially us. The Zhejiang army is treated so well, so it needs more money. Our army expansion this time is because we performed well at Yingtian City last time, expelled the Japanese pirates, and wiped them all out at night. The higher-ups were satisfied, so we have this time Expand the army.”

Ruofeng rolled up his sleeves, with a serious look on his face, glanced at the new recruits in the field, and said to Xia Laoqi and others.

"With the wise leadership of our Lord, our battalion commanders are all ruthless men who lick blood with their swords. The veterans under us have all seen blood. The recruits are so fierce and their armor is so complete. The most important thing is that , the Japanese pirates outside are getting more and more violent, and the more they are making trouble, are you afraid that there will be no chance to make meritorious deeds?!"

Xia Laoqi and others looked at the new recruits on the field and said with confidence.

"Hmph, don't think of war as simple. Last time we fought against Japanese pirates, our Zhejiang Army produced a lot of weaklings. If not for your careful planning, the outcome would be hard to predict." Ruofeng snorted.

"Don't worry, those weaklings, haven't we all cleared them up? Although we didn't call their names in public, we have dealt with them privately. They have also changed their past, and these days of training have completely changed them. In future wars, with the law of sitting together, if they dare to be soft again, they will fight with no mercy!"

Xia Laoqi and others couldn't help but blush slightly when they heard this. Most of those weaklings appeared in several of their camps.

"Yes, that's right." Ruofeng nodded. With the Lian Si Law, he was not afraid that they would not fight bravely to kill the enemy.