After half an hour, seventy captains including Zhu Da Niu were born, Zhu Ping An gathered them together, one by one, marked their names on the top of the book, recorded them as captains, and formally announced their appointment as captains in front of the public.
Zhu Daniu and other seventy newly born captains, in front of more than seven hundred people were formally appointed by Zhu Pingan as a captain, one by one, excitedly blushing, looking around, proud, excited, excited feelings overflowing, and even a lot of people are excited and happy with tears, this moment they can never forget in their lives.
They come from a poor background, in the countryside for people to look down on; they went the wrong way, do the mountain bandits, for people to spit on the shame. Now, they have learnt their way back to the right path, abandoned the darkness, and become a member of the righteous Zhejiang army, and encountered the once-in-a-century opportunity to run for a fair election for the chief of a unit and the chief of a sentry post, and became a basic ranked officer – the chief of a unit based on their ability.
Don’t look at just a district commander, for them, this is a big step in the quality of their life!
In this way, the mood was more exciting than anything else.
A group of submissive bandits below the field, looking at Zhu Daniu and the other new captains, each and every one of them revealed an envious look.
However, their skills were inferior, and they were convinced.
“First of all, congratulations to all of you, with your own abilities, you have become the grassroots officers of our Zhejian Army – the Wu Changs! In the future, you can lead a troop of soldiers and receive an additional two coins of silver per month in pay.”
Zhu Pingan congratulated Zhu Daniu and the others after publicly announcing their new appointments as Ngongs.
“Many thanks, Your Excellency, for giving us the opportunity to compete fairly for the position of a captain! Thank you, Your Excellency, for appreciating us and appointing us as captains of the army! We will serve Your Excellency to the death by going up the mountain of swords and down the sea of fire, with our livers and brains on our backs!”Zhu Daniu and the others were all flushed with excitement, as if they had been pumped with chicken blood, kneeling on the ground, clasping their fists and swearing allegiance to Zhu Pingan.
The heart of the army was available!
As Zhu Pingan inspected the group of newly appointed Wood Captains, he could see that their words were sincere.
The purpose of grasping the grassroots officers through fair campaigning for the chiefs and post chiefs was considered to have been initially achieved.
Looking at the excited captains, Zhu Pingan smiled faintly, extended his hands and made a gesture of asking them to rise, and said to them, “All captains, please rise quickly, this is something that you have won based on your own strength, so there is no need to thank this official. However, I want to emphasise that the post of captain is both an honour and a responsibility. As the saying goes, a soldier is a bear, and a general is a bear, you new captains, you have a lot of guts on your shoulders, and each one of you has to shoulder a heavy responsibility. You have to be responsible to this official, and even more so to your soldiers! As this official said just now, a ten days later, this official will examine you to assess, each Wu Wu chief must know the situation of the soldiers in each Wu, a strong and a weak, a certain in a certain way, a certain diligence and a certain inertia; a call between, a not to be spared; a see between, a name by name are all know. The commander of each post remains. Those who are qualified will be regularised, and those who are not qualified will step down and give way! All the new chiefs can all hear clearly?!”
“Hear clearly! Honoured to follow your lordship’s orders!”Zhu Daniu and the rest of the new captains once again knelt down in excitement and said.
“Failure of the soldiers, do not be discouraged, not to mention the loss of heart, the next hard work, training, growth of skills, there will be such opportunities in the future. Firstly, the initial size of our Zhejiang army is set at three thousand people, and currently there are only seven hundred people, in the future there will certainly be another expansion of the army, after the expansion of the army will produce a large number of vacancies for the chief of the army, post commander, these vacancies are preferred to be selected from amongst yourselves; secondly in our Zhejiang army, the chief of the army, the chief of the army, post commander is not set in stone, the capable person goes up to the mediocre person goes down, this is the principle of the selection of generals for the army of our Zhejiang army.”
After Zhu Pingan encouraged Zhu Daniu and other new captains, he looked towards a group of soldiers who had failed to be selected as captains and gave them encouragement.
“There will still be an expansion of the army, it’s more than three times as many, there are even more vacancies for the Ngoc chiefs and sentry chiefs, we’ll still have a chance.”
“Good, I’ll study hard and train hard to grow my skills, next time, next time I’ll stand out!”
“I, Er Dog, swear that I will train hard on my skills, and next time, I will be elected as a captain, and honour my ancestors!”
After hearing Zhu Pingan say that there would be another chance next time, all the soldiers were excited and secretly vowed to study hard and grow their skills, and next time when the army expanded, they would definitely fight for a captain to come back and honour their ancestors.
“Obey, we will definitely study hard and practice hard to live up to your honour’s expectations!”A group of soldiers who had failed to be selected knelt down to state their position.
“All of you, please rise, this official believes in you.”Zhu Pingan stretched out his hands and made a motion to please rise.
“Thank you, Your Excellency!”The crowd thanked.
“Alright, all of you newly appointed captains, rest for one incense stick of time, after one incense stick of time, the post commander selection competition will begin.”
Zhu Pingan ordered.
“As you command!”Zhu Daniu and the others clasped their fists and replied, then returned to their respective units to drink water and recuperate.
One incense stick later, the sentry chief selection test officially began, and the crowd surrounded the selection site with three layers inside and three layers outside.
“Chief, you’re the strongest!”
“Wu Chang, you’re the strongest!” “Wu Chang, rise up! Captain Wu, finish him off!”
“Chief Wu, be careful! Chief Wu, give him the Yin Kick! Show him what you’re made of!”
“Ngoc Ngoc, fuck him, don’t show him any mercy, you’re not fighting alone, we’re behind you!”
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When the chief of each Wu took part in a match, the soldiers of their Wu spontaneously became their cheerleaders and cheering groups, cheering them on with their voices under the field. For one thing, the captains are based on the strength of the strength of the hands of the actual win, not what nepotism, the township party relations, family and friends relations, etc., they are not as skilled as others, willing to bow to the wind, they serve their captains. Secondly, if their chief succeeds in running for the post, then they will become the chief’s direct line. In the future, if they have any benefits, such as blades and armour, logistic supplies, distribution of rewards, etc., they will definitely give priority to their direct line.
Therefore, all the soldiers of each unit shouted hysterically to cheer for their respective unit commanders, with wave after wave of cheering. Whenever their captains prevailed, they were more excited than the captains on the field, shouting like thunder, especially when their captains won, it was even more thunderous applause; whenever their captains did not prevail, or even lost, they were more sad than their captains, but when their captains came off the field, they all swarmed up and hugged each other, consoling and encouraging them, “captains, don’t be sad, the adults have all said that, there is still a chance to come back next time, and there is still a chance to come back next time.There is still a chance, next time to dry back ……
If you look at the essence through the phenomenon, each “Wu” has already initially developed a sense of belonging and a sense of community.
After seeing this, Zhu Pingan nodded his head gently and was very satisfied with this. Stripping away the mark of the cottage and branding it with the mark of the Zhejun army, this is the first and most crucial step in the formation of the Zhejun army.
