Chapter 221 Recruitment and Brune
Horn’s conscription was not random, he came prepared.
According to the census results, among the subjects of the Papal State who came to Daze Township, there were a total of 9,753 young people.
Horn's definition of young adults is adult men between the ages of sixteen and forty-five without disabilities. Recruiting 4,000 qualified young adults among them will not affect the daily life of the entire Qiumu Island.
After all, they had brought enough food for the winter, and the peat production was completely sufficient for the fuel needs for the winter. The only thing missing might be clothing.
But except for a few people, most of them do not need to go out to work. It is feasible to stay at home with a flue heater, or use a peat brazier to keep warm with the windows open.
Since most of the materials are provided by Horn, they are eating and drinking for free, which naturally leaves a lot of spare labor. This part of the labor force can simply be absorbed into the army.
It is now early December, and although the warm winter sun is still shining outside, the unstoppable chill has penetrated people's clothes from the collars and cuffs.
A simple small wooden bridge has been erected over the Para River, and Horn rode a horse to the town with a dozen guards.
"This small bridge has been built for more than ten days, and it was finally repaired yesterday." He controlled the horse delicately and made it hit the bridge board hard, causing the whole bridge to shake.
"Hey, hey, don't let it collapse." Horn quickly stopped him. He looked at the wooden bridge in front of him and shook his head.
It is still too crude and needs to be rebuilt in the future.
"Brother, that's a recruitment notice... Why is no one looking at it?" Seeing the notice on the gatepost of the town, Jeanne couldn't help but point to it and asked.
"Because I told them in advance that we have all gone to the recruitment point. Who will read the notice?" Horn shook the reins and drove the horse forward, "Let's go and take a look in front. ”
Regarding the matter of conscription, he had asked people to blow the wind five days in advance. According to his conversations with the heads of hundreds of households in the past four days, the young refugees’ willingness to join the army is quite strong.
According to the information collected by Horn, those who are willing to join the army can be summed up in two points. First, the salary is high, including room and board, meat and food, and the status is high. Second, they can fight against the Holy See of Qianhe Valley Church to avenge their relatives and friends.
There are various reasons for not wanting to join the army, such as being afraid of death, having no place to live, being afraid that the wife he just married will be stolen after leaving, and being afraid that Horn's words will not be kept true.
After confirming the opinions and emotions of the young adults, Horn posted the notice two days ago.
The notice clearly stated Horn's treatment and introduction to the Salvation Army.
First, they are fighting to save the people of Qianhe Valley and avenge their dead relatives and friends. They are fighting for freedom and equality. Even if they die, they will die with honor.
Second, the more soldiers a hundred households have, the higher the priority in providing building materials and manpower. In the housing allocation for hundreds of households, the families of soldiers are given priority in housing allocation, so they no longer need to live in tents in the wilderness.
Third, those who maliciously destroy a soldier's marriage during his service shall be sentenced to death by hanging.
Fourth, after officially registering the recruit company, you will receive a monthly salary of 30 dinars in advance. The top 10% of the recruit companies in training will receive a bonus of 90 dinars. After becoming a regular company, they will receive a daily salary of 20 dinars during non-war times. dinars, a daily salary of 4 dinars during wartime.
Fifth, there are special cemeteries for heroes who died in war. Children of soldiers go to school for free or join the Children's Army. Their wives are arranged to work by the Papal State. If they are unable to work, there are subsidies and nursing homes. There are special elders. If you have any issues, you can report them directly to Horn.
Sixth, if a recruit deserts after being officially registered, he will be sentenced to death by hanging in serious cases, and in a minor case, he will be punished by being rehabilitated by the Holy Trinity Educational Team. If the family members do not report the information, they will be included in the household registration file, and the whole Pope will be criticized. .
In the two days after the notice was posted, the first order Horn gave to the monks of the Order of the Holy Father was to use this notice to promote the conscription policy to people in every household.
As of today, the official recruitment has come. Each Holy Father monk is paired with three literate registrars to become an official recruiting officer.
Horn dismounted, put on his hood, found an Insula and walked in.
The floor of this Yinsula courtyard is paved with irregular stones, with grass growing in the gaps. A few crows landed on the eaves, curiously looking at the scene in the courtyard.
The chief of one hundred households and the ten chiefs of this Insurla building each took a wooden spear and stood behind the monks of the Order of the Holy Father. Next to the monks were two literate clerks. Seven or eight young men who came together were performing counting from one to ten, and then from ten to one, under the leadership of ten household heads. This was to test whether the brain was disabled.
Among the 25,000 people in Horn, more than 800 are actually literate, and more than 700 of them can do simple writing, reading and calculation, with a literacy rate of close to 3%.
It can only be said that these are thanks to the fact that Fort Joan of Arc is a city. Otherwise, where would we find so many literate people?
Horn, a registered monk from the Holy Fathers, knew him as Jim the Bearded Beard. Because there were so many people named Jim, he had to add a nickname before his name.
The bearded Jim saw Horn behind the crowd, and immediately went around behind the pillar, then sneaked up to Horn's side, and bowed.
"How's it going?" Horn looked at the young laborer with a reddish beard in front of him and asked, "How many people have signed up so far?"
The bearded Jim replied without thinking: "According to the hundred households Our target is 71 people. So far, a total of 67 people have qualified and registered. It will be completed soon." "So fast?" Horn was a little surprised. This is less than half a day.
Hua Beard Jim chuckled and said: "I have invited the heads of ten households and informed each household. Half of the young people are willing and half are not. Anyway, basically everyone who wants to kill the devil will come. "
Horn looked at the young men still shivering in the cold wind wearing two layers of clothing and remained silent.
"Don't leave after registering. Stay until evening. Those who came to register during this period but did not register can register first and be given priority during the next recruitment..."
"I say unqualified means unqualified. !”
Before Horn could finish his words, he heard a roar, and a head of ten households slapped the table and shouted to a tall figure.
"I'm not a fool, I can count from one to ten, but you always interrupt me, I..." Brune suppressed his blush and subconsciously stepped forward.
"What are you doing? Do you want to beat someone? Do you know that if you beat the head of ten households, you will be beaten with a cane three times?" Merrick cursed fiercely.
"I just speak slowly. I can count from one to ten. Listen, one...two..."
"You said you haven't been counting one or two for a long time? Who has time to wait for you?"< br>
Some of the young men who arrived late wanted to leave. When they saw this scene, they immediately joined in and said, "Yeah, yeah, if you can't, just get out of the way."
Horn made a gesture towards Jim with the beard. With a wink, Jim understood and pushed away the crowd: "What are you doing? I'm just going to take a shit. What are you arguing about?"
"Brother Jim, this man is Brune from our tenth household. He just The person who came to clean the yard, I said he couldn’t count to ten and couldn’t be a soldier, so he had to stay away.”
Jim walked up to Brune and looked up at his nostrils... Mudd, this kid is probably 1.9 meters tall.
"Brother Jim, I know him best. He is timid and timid. Giving you a favor will only cost you money..."
"Shut up first." Retreat. After taking two steps, Jim was too lazy to talk nonsense with Merixo. He pointed at Brüne and said, "You, count it once, and no one else is allowed to speak."
Without Merixo's interference, Brüne Lüne successfully counted from one to ten, and then from ten to one, proving that his IQ was fine.
"Since there is no problem." Bearded Jim wrote the last name directly on the registration form, "Remember to gather at the gate of the town the day after tomorrow. If you fail to do so, it will be regarded as a voluntary abandonment and recorded in the household register. Understand. ”
"Ah?" Brune was a little confused. He was just ridiculed by those young men from the same ten households and couldn't count to ten. He was really angry, so he wanted to prove himself.
When did he say he wanted to be a soldier?
(End of this chapter)