The suburbs outside the west gate of Guangzhou.
After many days of revisiting the old place, the porridge market run by the rebels is still full of turbulence, not necessarily less than before, but there is even an increase in driving force, but his identity and role are reversed. .
Immediately Zhou Huaian met the person in charge of the scene, a one-eyed and ugly old lieutenant, even if the leader of the team met with him, he had to be polite. After inspecting the souvenir provided by the team officer, he waved his hand and let them go on their own.
Finally it was Zhou Huai'an's turn to pick someone. Although it was the cold-faced Chengda bite who took the lead, the actual standards and requirements still had to rely on his own conclusions as a reference.
The whole process is actually very simple. Just let the volunteer soldiers brought by Cheng Dajiao bang the gong in turn and shout loudly everywhere. With the addition of a portion of dumplings and congee soup, people naturally gather under the drive of hunger. Volunteered.
Soon, under the erected flagpole, some hundred and ten people gathered, including some who had already been selected in the team; it would take a lot of setbacks to find out who they were suitable for. Next, according to their self-reported occupations, they are classified into woodworkers, masons, metalworkers, tailors, etc., standing in a series and waiting for simple interviews one by one.
Although Zhou Huaian is a layman in a sense, it does not mean that his experience and insights in later generations cannot be used by analogy to provide the needs of the world;
In fact, it tests whether the opponent is in line with the corresponding occupation, rather than the lies of various self-proclaimed fake generations in order to improve their own situation or stuttering; in fact, it only needs to observe and analyze some physical details, plus verbal Probing and inquiring can basically achieve the effect.
For example, the position and angle of the calluses on the palms and fingers, the traces of chronic injuries caused by long-term concentrated stress on certain parts of the body, and the traces left after healed. There are also some professional knowledge questions that can be regarded as the level of future elementary school students at best, most of which are used The last point is to pull the tiger skin to do a big banner-style little intimidation and psychological test.
For example, calling individual suspicious objects aside alone, and under the psychological dislocation of a group of volunteer soldiers watching and onlookers, asking some conditioned daily details to discover possible flaws and mistakes.
Anyway, he didn't have much hope for this. Whether it is an apprentice, a small worker, or a real craftsman, it can be used to make things happen, but it is only the props and pedals that he uses to gradually reflect his own value.
As for those craftsmen, old craftsmen, and master craftsmen who are really a little high, the possibility and probability of falling here is almost slim. After all, in a sense, these people are relatively well-established classes in the city, and it would be difficult for them to fall to this point without major changes.
Of course, most people are eliminated at least by taking off their shirts; because as a rural farmer or urban coolie, the characteristics of being exposed to the sun are too obvious, and a few are in the usual sense. The existence of spoiled rogues, the scars from fights and fights on their bodies are also easy to identify, and some of them are poor people in the city.
Therefore, it is relatively simple to choose among the few remaining people; in just a short time, Zhou Huaian quickly selected a dozen people among the growing crowd of self-reported identities. ；
Among them, there are three experienced tailors and five with carpentry experience. One of them can make profits from bamboo weaving, and the other can hoop buckets. Then there are seven people who have worked as masons, most of whom have burnt bricks; One copper apprentice, two blacksmith brothers, one from dyeing workshop; finally, a butcher who is part-time gelding;
These results also gave the Cheng Tai who was sitting on the sidelines slightly improved.
However, when the screening and selection process was about to end, there was still a small episode and accident except for a small episode and accident; it was the other name army "Vice Lieutenant Zhu" who was staying in this relief field came to the door and proposed a proposal. Conditions, I hope Zhou Huai'an, a monk with good eyesight, can stay for a while, so that more useful people can be selected from these hungry people;
After all, as craftsmen with a skill, they are also needed among other rebel forces, but they obviously lack the corresponding screening methods and experience, so even if they go back and forth several times, they may not be able to find someone they like.
At this time, it was not for Cheng Da to bite the leader of the team, and he could easily make a decision. So, while sending someone back to Stormrage Camp to ask his chief officer, Cheng Da bit to accompany the other party to speak, or say yes. Listen to the other party's conditions.
Of course, because it was past noon, as a demanding party, the meals that could be provided to Zhou Huaian were better than the little bosses of Stormrage Camp.
Finally, it was served on a wooden plate. There was a poultry broth, a more evenly baked mixed noodle cake, and a stack of pickled melon strips. Although the taste was still not good, there were a lot of rough impurities. , But somehow closer to his normal diet in Africa.
Only when Zhou Huai'an calmly ate the same, even the blood in the bones was chewed up and the last bit of taste "yun xi" was cleaned, the people who ran back to report the letter also sweated profusely with Du Wei Wang Pan. The message came back; he promised Zhou Huaian could stay here for an extra day and a half, but the manpower selected from this must be selected first by the people in Stormrage Camp.
As for the other specific conditions and compensation, Cheng Dajiao and Zhou Huaian decide by themselves; in addition, they also brought Zhou Huaian’s temporary attendant Xiaoqi, saying that they were running errands and hitting hands. Zhou Huaian estimated that this was mainly to prevent themselves. Run away or get away.
However, this did not prevent him from borrowing flowers to offer Buddha's grace to the other party, so as to lay a good deal of future relationship and getting along with each other; then he helped Xiao Qi also ask for a meal;
"This is not good..."
The young man wriggled his lips and said in embarrassment.
"I have eaten some..."
"It doesn't matter if you eat more..."
Zhou Huaian smiled slightly
"I didn't miss much when I ran all the way."
"Anyway, it's already called, just do me a favor"
Although only pancakes and vegetable soup were delivered, this did not prevent this sweaty young man from eating with gusto.
Then, restarting the afternoon work, the banners for recruiting people were re-established from many places, and there were many times more people knocking gongs and shouting; therefore, it seems that the efficiency is much higher than that of the morning, but Zhou Huaian is also obvious. It takes a lot of hard work, and the speed and frequency of screening have also slowed down.
Just as he was sitting in a Hu**, he took a short break to drink Xiaoqi and offered hot water for the second time, suddenly a familiar roar came from outside.
"who.."
The noises came and went, and then they turned into chasing yells,
"Escaped... Escaped..."
"Stop, don't let people run away..."
"Catch this culprit..."
Zhou Huaian, who was originally a little dizzy, couldn't help but get excited. Did he do too hard here and cause trouble? Fortunately, the team official who was responsible for protecting him brought him The answer.
Just now, among those who were singled out by him for concealment and other problems, some people were disturbed by their guilty conscience and wanted to escape, but they were caught again after more than a dozen people were killed and injured on the spot. He sat down and confessed his identity as a spy of the government.
"That's it,"
Then, I saw the one-eyed and ugly old school lieutenant, carrying a bloody human body, and being sent to Zhou Huaian again, praising him loudly for his vision and insight.
"By the way, how did you see the monk that he was wrong..."
The old school wei squinted the remaining one eye, and pulled a certain kind of smirk on his face without smiling.
"He's hiding tight, and someone is covering him..."
"I, of course I don't know the spies or anything..."
Zhou Huaian could only rack his brains to respond.
"I just doubted his self-proclaimed identity, and saw some flaws..."
"That monk, your insight may be able to help me interrogate one or two."
The old captain smiled grimly again.
"Look at other people, if there are more flaws..."
"This is an important matter for the success or failure of our rebels..."
Looking at the air coming out of the ground, forming a body of rotten flesh, Huai'an will be a bit waxy next week; this is not the plot and development expected, why it fell on my head inexplicably? ；
He doesn't want this kind of limelight and credit, which is obviously a risk of suspicion, but prefers to be a low-key logistics support staff to slowly manage and develop his influence at the bottom.
Then the other party said involuntarily that dozens of suspicious persons detained in this congee market were all escorted to let him distinguish and screen. Of course, if you can't distinguish between accomplices and internal counterparts, you can only kill them as spies.
"What the hell is this?"
Zhou Huaian only felt that he was being held hostage by the situation, which was far from his expected goal.
"Does this force me to make a choice based on the state of affairs and common sense..."
He admitted that he had never offended this one-eyed old man, how could he suddenly indirectly influence and decide the life and death of these dozens of people? Rao is that he has seen many cruel scenes and has the psychological endurance.
Seeing others' violence is completely different from making your own decisions. These are dozens of lives. Zhou Huaian can't be indifferent, but compared to the risk of being suspected and jealous, it is another dilemma.
Or is this a temptation that the other party has already started to suspect. However, the opponent's qualifications seemed very old, and even the official Cheng Dazhecheng couldn't suppress it, and after a few words, he was ruled out. (End of this chapter)