Chapter 016: Tempest Legion
Two days later, Hu Wei finally came to Zhaimeng Town.
As soon as he entered Zhaimeng, Hu Wei felt the difference here. This way to the north, Hu Wei has passed through a lot of towns, although it is a horse to see the flowers, but there is still some understanding.
The most obvious difference is that there are obviously many more sergeants in Zhai Meng than in other places. Perhaps because of the jurisdiction of the legion, the streets here, both men and women, give people a feeling of slaughter, as if they can charge into battle at any time.
Hu Wei inquired several times, and finally found the recruitment office.
The conscription office was already crowded at this time. Since the empire implements the rule of force, if you want to be glamorous and glorify your ancestors as a big official, you must take the military route. Although ordinary people who do not have the power and money now, it is almost impossible for them to rise to a high position above the town guard. But as long as you have military merits, you still have a chance to be a low-level officer such as a regular army and a captain.
Again, being a soldier means having a military salary and food. In the past few years, the empire has been either a natural disaster or a flood, the fields cannot grow food, and they have to pay taxes, and life is too difficult. Being a soldier and getting paid to help the family can also make the family live better. Therefore, whenever there is conscription, it is like a stream.
The Blizzard Legion is different from other places, because the Tempest Legion has friction with An Rongguo from time to time, especially in the past few years, small wars have occurred from time to time. Only when there is war can there be military merit. Therefore, many people who think they have the ability have traveled thousands of miles to join the Blizzard Legion, hoping to be able to surrender to the land.
Hu Wei waited in line for three hours before it was his turn to sign up. The soldier who followed the guide walked into the tent of the conscription camp, and within two minutes, Hu Wei came out because he had no identification.
"Malagobi, do you also have ID cards here? Why have you never sued me?" Hu Wei, who was kicked out of the barracks, scolded in his heart without anger.
It's no wonder that Hu Wei doesn't know about identity certificates, he should have traveled all the way, whether it was driving or staying in a hotel, no one had ever asked him what kind of identity certificate he wanted, and he naturally didn't notice this aspect of things.
If you don't have an identity certificate, you can't be a soldier, if you can't be a soldier, you can't be an official, and your dream of being an emperor can't be realized.
Hu Wei walked aimlessly in the crowd. Suddenly, with an idea, Hu Wei thought of something. In this place, there are no cameras and no Internet, so the authentication of identity must be quite troublesome, and it is impossible for them to send someone to investigate in order to verify the identity of a soldier.
After thinking about this, Hu Wei also thought of a way. If you don't have an identity certificate, don't others have either?
After thinking of a way, Hu Wei turned around and walked out. His goal was to find a foreigner, preferably the kind that was far away from Qingzhou.
The most important thing for Jianghu people is to listen to the sound, that is, to understand the accent of others, and roughly guess where the other party is from. In this way, as a fellow countryman or a fellow city, it will be easier to deceive the trust of the other party, so that people can take the bait and get money.
Although Hu Wei has not been here for a long time, he is not as familiar with the original world as he was, but his current purpose is not to deceive people, but to be empty-handed, so it is relatively easy to operate.
Soon, Hu Wei found a suitable target. The accent of the man's voice, he had heard it on the way here, and knew that it was a person from Jiangnan Prefecture. Jiangnan Prefecture and Qingzhou are one in the north and the other in the south, which is a thousand miles apart, and it is an extremely perfect goal.
After Hu Wei chose the man, he hung him. Carefully observed the route of advance and retreat, saw the opportunity, came to the trick of 'hitting the wall and passing people', succeeded in the hand, and slipped away.
"Liu Tianfang of Jiangnan Prefecture, what kind of broken name is this, how can we have the name of Uncle Hu Wei good. I'm sorry, Brother Liu. For the sake of your brother's imperial cause, you can only be wronged. In the future, my brother will be the emperor, and then you will be a big official. ”
Under the corner, Hu Wei muttered to himself while carefully polishing the name on the identity certificate with a knife. He used to have a good relationship with a woman who was registered, and he also learned a little about the craft of making false testimony.
"Phew. Get. ”
Hu Wei took his identity certificate, looked at it several times, and carefully put it away, from today on, we are the people of the Mandala Empire.
Queuing up again, there seemed to be a lot more people than just now, and Hu Wei was maliciously wondering if these guys were all like themselves, running to make false testimonies and coming back.
It's a bit boring to be idle, this long line, I don't know when it's going to be the end. In the men's team, there is no beautiful woman who can be eye-catching, so he is really bored, Hu Wei took out the storybook given by Taishi Gong from the ring, and it is good to pass the time.
"The lion is trying to dominate, well, it's an animal story. Trying to dominate the industry, good ideas. See what to say.
The lion decided to go to war with its neighbors. Before the expedition, a military meeting was held to discuss the division of responsibilities among the subordinate arms.
The elephant is in charge of logistics, the bear charges and fights, the fox is scheming as a staff officer, and the monkey is responsible for intelligence.
But the lion felt that the mouse's teeth were very sharp, so he tried to overcome the public opinion, and insisted on taking it with him.
In a battle, due to the enemy's plan, the lion and other strong people were all caught by the enemy in a huge net, and their lives were at stake. The rat led the members of its family to come to the rescue, risked death, tore the rope of the giant net, and rescued the generals, so that the generals could escape and turn defeat into victory. ”
"This old man's story seems to have meaning. If you think of a rat as a person who is inferior to Guan Yu and not as good as Kong Ming, if I am a lion?"
Hu Wei disappeared into contemplation.
Suddenly, Hu Wei felt a heavy pat on the shoulder, and a voice like thunder came from his ears: "Hey, what about you." Do you want to sign up or not? ”
When Hu Wei came back to his senses, he saw a big black man wearing rattan armor and holding a big iron gun, looking at him with an angry face.
Good guy, big guy, if he's a mouse, then me
Seeing that the black sweat was not looking right, Hu Wei hurriedly put down the things in his mind first, made a smile and said: "Ah, haha, I'm sorry, Master Jun, is it my turn? Okay, right away." There is labor and there is labor. ”
Hu Wei followed the black man into the barracks again, handed over his identity certificate to an officer who was also wearing rattan armor, but had a heart shield at the mouth of his heart, and then stood honestly with his hands down.
There was another person in front of him who was asking, and it wasn't Hu Wei's turn yet. So Hu Wei looked at the person who looked like an examiner with his eyes. From the iron armor on his shoulder, Hu Wei knew that the man was a pawn, and the person who had just received the identity certificate was a captain.
The armor of the empire is very strict in terms of wearing grades, soldiers all wear light rattan armor, the captain's rattan armor is slightly thicker, and the captain's rattan armor is allowed to hang a heart guard, and the pawn army has heart guards and iron shoulder armor. Only a lieutenant with 300 men under his command can have a cuirass, and if you want to wear iron armor, you must be a partial general with a command of 1,000 troops. If there is no special order, the subordinate will be given 30 sticks and the worst can be executed. So just by looking at the clothes, you can know a person's rank.
After standing for a few minutes, the Dianjun picked up Hu Wei's identity card, glanced at it, and asked Hu Wei, "From Jiangnan Prefecture?"
Hu Wei bowed and replied: "Lord Huidianjun, a native of Yufeng Mountain in the south of the Yangtze River." ”
"Hmm. Gangnam is a good place. The mountains and rivers are beautiful, and the girls are beautiful. ”
Hearing Dianjun's words, Hu Wei was startled. He can't be from Jiangnan. What kind of customs does he want to ask, I, the 'Li Ghost', see 'Li Kui', and I can't see the light and die!
Fortunately, the Dianjun only came to say this, so he didn't say anything further. asked a few questions casually, and then recorded Hu Wei's name, place of origin, and age in a thick notebook, and waved his hand to the captain waiting on the side to bring him down.
"Captain, am I hired?" Hu Wei asked cautiously as he took a step behind and followed the captain's side. Because the previous one he was not sent by the captain ** just now, he was afraid that there was something wrong with his identity.
The captain looked to be twenty-seven or eighteen years old, which was quite young. Seeing that Hu Wei was so respectful, he felt very happy in his heart, and felt that this kid named Hu Wei was very good.
The captain said proudly: "How can it be so easy to enter our Blizzard Legion, you have just signed up now." Now I'm going to take you to the school and test your physical abilities. ”
"Oh, I see. The captain can command thirty people at a young age, and his ability must be not small. Hu Wei slapped a little fart quietly, in order to find out about the test item.
"That's it. Those three quizzes were as easy for me as drinking water. ”
Hu worriedly said that there are three things, which you have to ask.
Hu Wei is an old man, if you want to deal with this stunned captain, isn't it still a relaxing and happy thing? A few sycophants slapped the captain comfortably, and everything was clear.
If you know the question beforehand, it will be much easier to test. Hu Wei relied on stealing chickens a little bit and being a little smart, and he easily passed the three levels. After inquiring, I found out that these three levels alone had wiped out ninety percent of the people. And most of these ninety percent of them are injured.
In fact, the first two levels are not very difficult, the main test is strength, the average adult strong man, as long as there is no major problem, can pass guò, only the third level is the most difficult, it is the test of courage and obedience to orders.
The third level is in a separate hut with a pot of oil burning and green smoke rising from the room. The examiner will throw a copper coin into the pot in front of the candidate, and then suddenly give an order for the candidate to reach out and grab the copper coin out of the pan.
When the captain talked about this project, he only repeatedly told him that he had to listen to the examiner, and the examiner said to catch it, and he would do it immediately, and if he was slow, he would not only be burned with oil, but he would also be kicked out of the barracks and lose his qualification to enlist. As for why this happened, he couldn't say why, but guessed that there was a spell in it that could measure a person's loyalty to the empire, and those who were not loyal would be burned.
As soon as Hu Wei heard this, he understood the ingenuity in this. Withdraw money from the oil pot, that is a common trick in the rivers and lakes. Although the tricks are different, the principle is the same. The point is what's added underneath the oil.
The most commonly used of these is vinegar, which is denser than oil, and when you pour it with oil, it will sink to the bottom. The boiling point of vinegar is lower than that of oil, so it will cause the illusion that the oil pan is hot.
As for taking money at the mercy of orders, that is a matter of certainty.
When Hu Wei was taking the third test, he only looked at the examiner's method of throwing money, and he knew that he was a master. The timing and force with which he threw the money was very good, just breaking the balance between vinegar and oil.
He shouted the word 'catch' in his mouth, and Hu Wei's hand immediately grabbed it like lightning. At this time, the oil temperature is about 50 degrees, although it is hot, it will not burn your hands. But if there is a moment of hesitation, it's over. Because the fire under the pot is very strong, the vinegar in the pot has been boiled dry, and the oil can rise hundreds of degrees in just a few seconds. If you react slowly, you will be burned immediately.
As for loyalty to the Empire, that's complete fart. Because Hu Wei, a person who steals people's identity certificates to sign up, has nothing to do with loyalty.
After passing the three levels, Hu Wei finally became a glorious recruit in the new regiment. He finally succeeded in taking the first step to realize his dream. !