1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 2198
The order of the names in the roster is actually regular. The names on it are arranged in the order of less strokes of the surname according to Haihan's request, but even Dai Chengrong, the conductor, did not put his heart into remembering this before order on the roster.After all, who would have imagined that Duan Tiancheng would suddenly come up with such an exam question to make things difficult for them.

Dai Chengrong had to reorganize the team, trying to get the students to concentrate and then allocate dormitories according to the order, but at this time everyone was busy finding their own luggage first, so it was not easy to reorganize the team.So after the time of burning incense passed, the scene was still in chaos, and no dormitory could fulfill Duan Tiancheng's request for occupancy.

Dai Chengrong is not stupid, of course he has already thought that this is probably Duan Tiancheng's intentional embarrassment, and then he used this to give his group a bad reputation.

"In this case, according to the established rules, after the training in the afternoon, all the staff will participate in the labor of cleaning the camp." Duan Tiancheng announced the punishment lightly, but did not reprimand the children of the salt merchants for their messy behavior. It seems that the result should be It was already in his expectation.

In fact, Duan Tiancheng had already shown mercy, and only arranged for them to clean the camp area. If it was really his own recruits, then the punishment would not be so easy. Most likely, he would have to arrange additional training to clean up the physical strength of these guys.

Although Dai Chengrong was also dissatisfied with this intentional arrangement of finding fault, but now that he has something to ask for, he really dared not even complain, so he could only accept the punishment honestly.

Next, the dormitory was allocated. After everyone settled down, their emotions calmed down a lot.Although the dormitory for 12 people is a bit crowded for these salt merchants' children, compared to the days when they were drifting in the sweltering cabin a few days ago, the conditions of this brick dormitory are already quite good. The bed is good enough to lie on.

But this is a military camp, so they will not be allowed to lie down in broad daylight. After they settle down, they will be asked to go to the bathhouse to wash up and change into the training uniforms provided by the Haihan Army.

"During the training period, all trainees can only wear training clothes in the camp, and those who violate the rules will be regarded as violating military discipline!"

Although the vast majority of people don't like the blue cloth training uniform issued by the Haihan Army, after Duan Tiancheng announced this rule, everyone could only give up other thoughts.Many people regretted secretly, knowing that there was such an arrangement, why would they bring so many unnecessary clothes to Zhoushan.

In fact, the training uniforms are not distributed for free. All the daily necessities they need to use during training, including training uniforms, shoes and socks, bedding, and utensils for eating and drinking water, are priced much higher than the market price. The standard is included in the training fee, and it doesn't work if you don't buy it.

After taking a shower in the bathhouse, they changed into brand new training uniforms. Everyone looked at each other. Although they only unified in terms of dressing, they already had a sense of unity that they didn't have before.This also made them further realize that not only were they in the army, but they had already become one of them.

Of course, this is just their own thoughts, Duan Tiancheng will not think that they have become members of the army.The identity of the Haihan army is not automatically obtained by wearing this training uniform, not to mention that they are just a group of foreign students.

Lunch is settled in the cafeteria of the camp area. Although they are all very ordinary big pot meals, for these salt merchants who experienced life in the army for the first time, the freshness far exceeds the requirements for food quality, especially The authentic Haihan soldiers coming and going around attracted most of their attention.

Dai Chengrong had to admit that the Haihan army's food was actually slightly better than he expected. Not only did they have good white rice, but they also had meat dishes. Although it couldn't be compared with his daily food quality, it was at least better than what he expected. It is known that the food of the Ming army is much better.

Moreover, he noticed that other Haihan soldiers also ate these meals, indicating that this was not preferential treatment given to them by the Haihan Army, but equal treatment.It seems that the propaganda to them earlier that they don't have to worry about the food problem during the training period is not just empty talk.

In fact, Dai Chengrong really wanted to chat with the Haihan soldiers around him and learn about their living conditions, but the rules in the army are very strict. They are not allowed to walk around or talk loudly during meals. The soldier on duty with the red cloth hoop came over and gave a verbal warning.And Duan Tiancheng already expected that these people might not be honest, so he specially announced a rule that they are not allowed to talk to other Haihan soldiers in the cafeteria.

After lunch, everyone returned to the barracks. Everyone knew that there would be training in the afternoon, so they didn't take any chances. They just tried to take the time to rest and refresh their minds so as not to run out of energy during the afternoon training.

It didn't take long for Duan Tiancheng to arrive, and he brought more than a dozen other subordinates with him.Although he is the instructor in charge of training these salt merchants' children, not everything has to be done by himself. For example, in the training of some basic items, multiple instructors will teach the students in groups, and Duan Tiancheng only needs to be responsible for this. Just check it out.

"Everyone came all the way from Yangzhou, of course not to come here for vacation, so I don't intend to waste your time, the formal training starts today!"

Duan Tiancheng's succinct speech made everyone very excited. As he said, they came to Zhoushan to learn skills. The sooner they start training, the sooner they can finish their studies and return to Yangzhou to help their family defeat their opponents. They are on the way After tossing so many days to come here, I can't wait to practice.

But things were not as simple as they thought, or in other words, Duan Tian became a training item they had prepared, which was not what they expected at all.

"Touch your stomach! Hold your chest up! Head up!"

"Don't move! Didn't you have lunch? You can't even stand upright!"

The instructors kept reminding them of the essentials of the movements, and loudly reprimanded those whose movements were not up to standard or who could not be stable.And the project they are practicing now is how to stand up well, or how to stand up according to the standards required by the Haihan Army.

This seems to be the simplest thing. After all, most people have learned to stand around the age of one, but they suddenly find that their standing posture in the past few years seems to be wrong, because in the eyes of the instructor, their standing posture The movements are not standard enough, even for Dai Chengrong who has practiced martial arts since childhood.

However, Dai Chengrong could vaguely understand why the instructor took standing posture as the first training content. This is probably the same as when he practiced martial arts when he was a child, he first practiced standing posture. It is a basic skill that must be mastered.But the problem is that it takes years and months of practice to produce results. Is it possible to only learn this after spending so much time in Zhoushan?
"Is it because Yangzhou can't find anyone, or is your family too rich? Why did you choose people like you who can't even stand up to come to Zhoushan? With your qualifications, you still want to learn how to fight like the Haihan Army. Our country doesn't even have the qualifications to be a militia!"

Duan Tiancheng scolded these students loudly with a dark face. He saw that many people's faces were flushed, obviously dissatisfied with this kind of deliberate belittling.But this is exactly what he wants to achieve, to stimulate the shame of these students with words, and let them try their best to complete the training program in order to prove themselves.After all, he was taught this way when the recruits joined the army, and every year after that, the instructors would use similar methods to stimulate the enthusiasm of the recruits.

Although Dai Chengrong was angry, he knew that what Duan Tiancheng said was not entirely an exaggeration.He had seen the morning and evening drills of Jindun and others in Daijiazhuang, and there was indeed a part of queue drills. As long as the leader of the team called to gather, the team would be able to assemble the whole team in a very short period of time, and they would stand extremely Neatness, just like the talent carved into the bone.

But that is obviously not a talent, but a skill that has been cultivated over time, just like Dai Chengrong's own kung fu.

Practicing this kind of basic skill is definitely useful, and Dai Chengrong has no doubts about it, but Dai Chengrong has no answer about how to use it and whether it can really help in combat and killing the enemy.It's just that since the Haihan Army claims to be invincible in the world, every training content must have deep meaning, and this is the reason why I came to Zhoushan.

After a stick of incense passed, some people's legs became weak and they couldn't stand, and then people began to fall down one after another.Duan Tiancheng ordered the fallen person to be helped aside to rest, and the rest still had to continue standing.

It was not until nearly one-third of the people collapsed that Duan Tiancheng stopped the training and asked everyone to drink water and rest.

Even though Dai Chengrong had a solid foundation, his back and legs would hurt after standing down, so he quickly found a shady place to sit down, picked up the water bottle and poured water.

During the break, someone questioned Duan Tiancheng, thinking that this kind of standing posture training was useless and boring, and asked him to explain the significance of training this kind of event.

"Have you forgotten what General Shi said this morning? The first thing you have to learn here is not how to use weapons to kill the enemy, but to obey and execute! When marching and fighting, do you have to question the orders issued by your superiors? Every order? Even standing for such a long time feels bitter and tired, so if the commander orders you to fight to the death during a battle, will you carry out the order, or choose to be a deserter?"

"When did you learn to obey and execute military orders without compromise? That's the beginning. If you want to learn real skills, you must first correct your attitude! Those who feel that they can't do it can leave here at any time, Haihan Army No cowards, and I don't want to see a softie under my hands!"

Duan Tiancheng reprimanded everyone sternly, and then announced that the training would continue.Dai Chengrong realized something, put down the kettle, stood up, and quickly returned to his seat.

Throughout the afternoon, the content of the training was just standing in line and gathering.Duan Tiancheng asked them to assemble the whole team in the shortest possible time, and then stand in this formation for at least a stick of incense.Although some people still think that this training method is problematic, no one dares to speak out, otherwise Duan Tiancheng will classify it as an act of disobedience to military orders.

Ma Zhengping received special approval from the military to temporarily enter the camp as a non-staff support personnel, so he was lucky enough to be able to observe the training of this team all day.Although he doesn't understand military affairs, his knowledge and experience are far superior to those of the juniors. For Duan Tiancheng's training arrangement, he thinks it is an effective method, and it only took a very short time for these boys to learn In order to obey the command, this is indeed the performance of military training.

Duan Tiancheng reprimanded these students, of course he also heard it, but he felt that these words were very reasonable, after all, he paid such a high training fee to the Haihan people, if these guys don't cherish this hard-won training Opportunity, it's really better to leave here early and go back to Yangzhou, so as not to affect the training of others.

This time, the Ma family also selected a dozen young people to come to Zhoushan for training. Ma Zhengping has been watching the performance of these young people all the time. If there are those who steal, rape and play tricks, there is no need for Duan Tiancheng to chase them away. He probably won't Tolerate this kind of person here.

As long as the Haihan people are willing to teach their true skills, Ma Zhengping doesn't even mind adding some more fees on the current basis.He recently heard some news in Zhoushan that many gentry and even officials in the Fuguang area in the south would secretly send their nephews and nephews with outstanding qualifications to Haihan to receive military training like this and other training content. He even simply became a Haihan citizen, in order to try his best to consolidate the relationship with Haihan, in order to obtain the protection and support provided by Haihan.

These rumors also brought some inspiration to Ma Zhengping. Since there are people in the south who do this, they can follow suit. Not only will they send their juniors to Haihan to receive military training, but they can also send those juniors who can only use pens to study in Haihan. Find a chance to become a naturalized Haihan, and donate the money to an official. Not to mention how convenient it will be, at least the information will be much better than now, and you don’t have to feel the stones to cross the river when dealing with Haihan officials.

Of course, these young juniors who have received Haihan's training can also choose an opportunity to let them join Haihan, and maybe they can also be a part-time official.By the way, isn't this Duan Tiancheng, Major Duan, the one from Daming who defected there?His cousin Xuan Xiangming had this kind of relationship, and the transnational business flourished. Ma Zhengping believed that the Huizhou salt merchants could completely copy this kind of operation mode, and they could do better by relying on their own financial advantages. it is good.

While Ma Zhengping was looking at the younger generation of his family, he was thinking in his heart, thinking of ways to find someone to inquire about, to see what kind of market this Haihan donated an official.If 8000 taels of silver can be donated to a decent position as a military officer, then you can consider getting two seats for your own nephews first, and then send them to Zhoushan to join the Haihan people when things happen in Yangzhou.

(End of this chapter)