Chapter 9: Recruit troops and recruit troops.
Gu Song's strategy of "killing the monkey to scare the chicken" was very successful.
In the face of real strength and money.
Not many of these Chinese laborers who make a living by selling coolies on the docks can resist the temptation.
Although many people in the upper echelons of the Nanyang Chinese forces were hoping that the Qing court would treat them as subjects and give them control, allowing them to use the Qing Dynasty's tiger skins to deal with Westerners.
But the Chinese at the bottom don’t think so much.
Most of them have no good impressions of the Qing Dynasty - who makes Tiandihui talk about rebelling against the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty every day?
Although the current slogan of the Tiandihui to oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty is basically the same as Amitabha in Buddhism, it is just a slogan.
But I can't help but talk about it every day and mention it every day.
Always reminding these Han people...
The current court of the Qing Dynasty is not their court, it is the court of the Manchus and bannermen.
Especially in areas like Guangdong where the concentration of "anti-bandits" is relatively high.
The locals had no resistance to anti-Manchu and anti-Qing activities.
This is especially true for Chaoshan people.
Chaoshan people have a tradition of going to sea.
In the Qing Dynasty, a sea-moving order and a sea-banning order immediately offended all Chaozhou people.
Of course, that much is said.
The biggest reason why these Chaozhou guys enthusiastically joined. ,
Or money.
As the "richest man in Europe".
Boss Zhu Daohua is very impressive.
If you join, you will be given five taels of silver for settlement expenses and a fifteen-acre land grant certificate.
The land grant certificate promised to be paid within five years, and once it was released, it was fifteen acres of paddy field.
At the same time, an additional five acres will be added for every two years of service.
In addition, he will be given a military salary of five taels of silver every year.
Such treatment makes even a gang leader like Luo Yuanshan excited.
Not to mention the laborers under him who were working hard at the docks.
Chinese workers who came to Nanyang could earn higher wages than those in the mainland.
But it is difficult to exceed three taels of silver in a year.
Take the dock workers in Batam, for example.
Even the strongest worker.
When you can get work every day.
It's only two to three hundred cash per month - this is still much more than what you earn in the mainland.
Working as a long-term worker for a landlord in the Mainland only cost more than a thousand copper coins a year.
It's equivalent to a little more than one tael of silver.
So as long as Zhu Daohua is willing to give money.
Recruiting troops is easy.
And he is not worried about the quality of the soldiers - no matter how poor the quality of these dock workers are, it is still better than the quality of the soldiers in the West who bring ruffians and the like to the battlefield, right?
While in Europe.
Zhu Daohua already had an in-depth understanding of the current Western military science.
Of course, a military strategist is not included.
But he is not a layman either.
And he has completely understood the powerful essence of the Western army - standardization!
Standardized soldier training model, standardized officer training model.
Perhaps it is difficult to cultivate any talented generals in this way.
Leading troops according to regulations also seems a bit rigid.
But this at least guarantees the lower limit of an army - this is a very important thing.
Nowadays, standardizing the military has gradually evolved into a rigorous science.
An officer must go through long-term study and training to fully master the science of military command.
And the same goes for soldiers.
In training.
The goal is to train soldiers as if they are industrial products produced on an assembly line.
in the West.
Because the population base is smaller than that in the East.
Therefore, it is difficult for the West to recruit soldiers and screen the sources.
It just looks pretty much the same, it doesn't require any bloodiness.
We even dare not ask for ideological awakening or political consciousness.
According to Frederick the Great of Prussia, if soldiers learned to think, there would be no war in the world.
According to Napoleon, a good army relies on training, and a strong army relies on fighting.
Soldier training also relies on fighting - if a soldier can be made to fear the instructor's stick more than the enemy's bullets, then the soldier has been trained.
When the war situation is critical.
Recruit training often lasts less than a month.
Many people would be drawn to the front lines as soon as they had just learned how to fire a gun.
And the officer's mission.
Just turn all kinds of human scum into real soldiers.
As for joining the army for money...what does it matter?
Take money to sell your life.
Very reasonable.
.......
Most of the people working in Batam are singles and bachelors.
Therefore, it is unlikely that he would refuse such a promising career as joining the Ming Army.
Of course.
To prevent someone from running away after getting the money.
Zhu Daohua still wanted to place the military camp in the small castle on Batam Island.
Said it was a castle.
In fact, it is a stockade built with walls built of wood and rammed earth.
The Dutch tricolor flag that originally hung above the village has now been replaced by the Ming Dynasty's sun and moon flag with a blue background and a golden flag with bright characters.
It's in the hall inside the village.
Zhu Daohua cordially received the brothers Luo Yuanshan and Luo Dingshan, the leaders of the Batam Tiandi Society.
From the moment they entered the door, the two brothers saw Chinese soldiers standing straight with their chests and belly raised, carrying muskets with bayonets inserted.
The two underworld bosses were so stunned that they didn't dare to express their anger.
When I got to the hall, I didn't even dare to raise my head.
Worship after receiving your head.
"Grassman Luo Yuanshan (Luodingshan) pays homage to His Royal Highness Jianguo..."
After finishing speaking, the two of them did not dare to express their anger.
Luo Dingshan was more courageous and secretly raised his eyelids to look at Zhu Daohua who was sitting in a high position.
Wearing bright yellow uniforms and a square scarf on his head, Zhu Daohua is very tall. With years of exercise, he has a well-proportioned figure, with wide shoulders and a slim waist, and a slender figure.
Luo Dingshan took one look and quickly lowered his head.
But in my heart, I felt that this Lord Supervisor had the aura of a king.
Zhu Daohua, who didn't know that he had the aura of a king, was very kind: "Please get up, please sit down."
The two of them got up in a hurry.
Different from the Qing emperor.
Zhu Daohua did not have the habit of asking people to kneel down and ask questions.
Asking someone to sit down does not mean "giving you a seat."
Instead, please sit down.
However, the Luo brothers didn't dare to really sit full of their buttocks.
He only dared to half-pull his buttocks up on the chair and put his hands on his thighs.
The two underworld bosses were quite docile at this time.
"Both of them are named Luo, but what is their relationship with the Luo family of Lan Fang Country?"
Zhu Daohua asked.
"Back in the prison country, our brothers have nothing to do with the Lanfang Luo family. They are Hakkas from Jiaying Prefecture, and we are Chaoshan people from Chaozhou..."
Luo Yuanshan said hurriedly.
"oh...."
Zhu Daohua nodded disappointedly.
He actually wanted to establish some contact with the Lan Fang Luo family among the Nanyang Chinese forces.
It's not like he wants the Luo family to surrender.
For Zhu Daohua.
For a power like the Luo family, it doesn't matter whether you surrender or not.
He was interested in Borneo's resources.
If Lan Fangguo can cooperate with him...
He could save himself from going to conquer Borneo.
Money can buy it.
It doesn’t matter to Boss Zhu.
"Jianguo, although we have little connection with the Lanfang Luo family, but...the Lanfang Luo family was originally brothers of the Tiandihui, but they later had conflicts and divisions. Speaking of which...we can also The Luo family can say something."
Luo Dingshan said hurriedly.
Zhu Daohua nodded when he heard this.
Said: "I need to ask the two brothers for something..."
"The words of the superintendent of the country are serious, and the young ones dare not obey their orders."
The two of them were terrified.
But I feel in my heart.
This Ming Dynasty supervisor is such a courteous and virtuous corporal.
He really has the demeanor of an ancient Mingjun...
