Chapter 955: Expansion of Personnel and Subjugation

After arranging the people, Lin Hao looked at the people who were arranged in an orderly manner and said loudly:
"From today on, I will be your group leader."

"At the same time, I also want to tell you a good news. Starting tomorrow, everyone will receive three months' salary in cash according to their military rank."

Why were the morale of the defeated soldiers in the shelter so low? On the one hand, they were not well fed, and on the other hand, they lost the battle. The most important thing was that their salaries were never paid on time. They were lucky if they could get half of them each time. And they were all paper bills, which were too hard to even wipe their butts with.

Now Lin Hao had a meal of re-cooked pork and received supplemental military pay, all in cash, and morale instantly rose.

"Really?" Meng Fan was the first to be surprised. He didn't know how long it had been since he had received his military pay.

If he had received military pay, his legs wouldn't have become like this.

"Commander, are you really going to show off your wealth?" Yao Ma was very excited. If it weren't for military discipline, he would have stepped forward long ago.

"Three months' military pay!"

"I'm a warrant officer now, and I make twenty-five dollars a month, which means seventy-five dollars for three months. All of that is dollars. My goodness, how much meat can I eat?" Kang Huojian couldn't help but say.

Even if he could only get half of it, it would still be more than 30 yuan, which was already a huge income. Now he didn't have a single yuan in his entire body.

Many people were calculating their own accounts. Even Lin Yi couldn't help but do the math. As a major, his monthly salary was 80 French francs according to regulations, which was more than French francs in three months.

If I were given a lot of money, my goodness, I would instantly become a rich man.

"Commander, are you really paying me in dollars? I only make eighty French francs a month." Lin Yi asked excitedly.

What this means is that two hundred and forty dollars for three months is not a small sum.

"Two hundred and forty yuan, I will pay you in full by this time tomorrow." Lin Hao still had a smile on his face. This amount of money was nothing to him.

"It's not spicy. Did I ask you to spread the news of eating braised pork?"

"Aren't we eating pork stewed with vermicelli?" Bu La asked subconsciously.

"We have to eat braised pork, pork stewed with vermicelli, and dumplings. In short, all the brothers in our group, including the new ones, have to eat to their heart's content tonight." Lin Hao was stunned at first, then said with a smile.

"The team training is bright and open." Milong was the first to cheer.

"Long live the commander-in-chief, he's awesome!"

All the soldiers who came to the shelter cheered loudly when they heard this.

After Lin Hao finished speaking, he looked at the cheering hundreds of soldiers and immediately said to Lin Yi and Mi Long:

"Set up all the pots and bring a few more. Lin Yi, Mi Long, and the rest of you come with me."

Walking outside, he had someone rent a courtyard house before coming.

He also put the supplies in the ring into it, filling up half the room.

"Commander, where are we going?" Meng, the lackey number one, couldn't help but ask.

"Move the supplies, otherwise what will we eat tonight? I've rented the courtyard in front, and it will be our warehouse in the future. I'll arrange for a few reliable people to guard it." Then Lin Hao looked at Mi Long: "How are you doing with the things I asked you to do? Are there any buyers?"

"Yes, we have contacted them a long time ago and are just waiting to see the goods." Milong nodded quickly.

"Yeah." Lin Hao nodded, and soon the group arrived at the courtyard.

He walked into the east wing of the courtyard skillfully, then opened the door and said to everyone:

"Let's move this place back first. It won't work if we just have a pot without vegetables. Let's stew the aroma for me."

The people behind him walked in and were stunned when they saw the dazzling array of supplies in the room.

"Oh my god, so many."

"This half pig must weigh at least 100 pounds."

"This flour is so white. It's pure flour that even landlords can't afford."

"Lao Kang, look at what this is, eggs, eggs."

"Milong, look~!"

Lin Hao seemed indifferent to everyone's reactions.

"What are you arguing about? Hurry up and move the things for me." Lin Hao yelled in a bad mood. Everyone immediately fell silent and started moving.

"Find a few more people, and make sure they are reliable. If anyone dares to leak it, I will kill him."

"Yes, Commander!" Seeing so many supplies, everyone present was convinced. It was simply a blessing for them to follow such a powerful commander.

"Milong, come with me." After giving the order, Lin Hao took Milong to another room.

The things in this room are similar to the previous room, except that there are more medicines.

"Hiss, Commander, how did you get so many supplies? You have more than the entire black market. Are you the son of some big shot in the Sichuan Army?" Milong couldn't help but gasp as he looked at so many supplies.

"Stop talking so much nonsense. Don't ask questions that you shouldn't ask. Go back and buy this house and the surrounding courtyards. This will be our warehouse in the future." Lin Hao glared.

"How much money can this little thing be exchanged for?"

"Just do what I tell you to do. Stop talking nonsense. If you keep talking nonsense, I'll beat you up. Believe it or not." Lin Hao kicked him.

"Well, you are the commander, you have the final say." Milong muttered.

By the evening, the shelter had become the headquarters of the 186th Regiment. More than a dozen large pots had been set up in the yard, and the entire yard was filled with fragrance.

Dozens of defeated soldiers were standing at the door, staring at the pork in the big pot in the distance like hungry wolves. Some of them were drooling at the aroma.

If there hadn't been someone on guard, holding a stick and staring at them ferociously, they would have pounced on them long ago.

"Is it good? Let me ask you if it's good?" Kang Huojian was given an important task. As long as he recruited thirty people, he would be promoted to second lieutenant platoon leader, so he used all his skills to trick these people into joining.

Basically everyone was given an important task. After all, they had survived to this day and had experience in leading troops in battle. Lin Hao was too lazy to appoint them one by one, so he just followed Han Xin's method of selecting soldiers. As long as enough soldiers were recruited, he would promote them.

Of course, it is also formulated according to each person’s current military rank. For example, Major Ayi is required to recruit 200 people before he can become a major, otherwise he will have to be assigned a high position with a low salary.

This gave Lin Yi a huge headache. He had never fought in a war and his only qualification was the Officer Training Corps, but it was completely useless. He ran through several alleys but no one paid any attention to him.

"As long as you join our 186th Regiment, you can eat as much twice-cooked pork as you want. There will be meat every day." Kang Huojian was still trying hard to deceive people.

"Press your fingerprint and you can eat the delicious braised pork. Press it quickly." Yao Ma was also fooling people.

Almost everyone was assigned to a group, even the veterinarian was assigned a task. They found a few people who had done first aid and formed a stretcher team to be responsible for rescuing the wounded.

"Isn't pork delicious? Have you ever eaten pork that's so delicious?"

"Look at this braised pork."

"Come to our 186th Regiment."

At this time, Xiaozui, under the protection of several soldiers, passed through the gate of the shelter and came to the main hall. In the hands of these soldiers were bowls full of dumplings.

Everyone held it tightly in their arms, fearing that it would be snatched away.

"Brother, the dumplings are ready." Seeing Lin Hao, Xiaozui immediately stepped forward and took out the food box containing the dumplings.

"Here it is. Hmm, smells so good." Lin Hao smelled the fragrant dumplings and praised them.

Then he turned around and shouted outside:

"Everyone, please be quiet for a while. We are eating dumplings now. If you want to eat braised pork or pork stewed with vermicelli, please sign your handprints quickly. The last thing our group needs is pork."

"If you join now, each person will receive ten dollars as a resettlement fee." Now everyone in the shelter is convinced by Lin Hao. No one dares to disobey him. If anyone dares to refute him, he will definitely be beaten to death by his lackeys.

"Dumplings~!" Bu La's mouth was watering as he looked at the delicious dumplings. He rubbed his hands, grabbed a dumpling, and swallowed it without caring about the heat.

"It's delicious!"

"Dumplings." Li Liansheng and Milong started crying while eating dumplings.

Meng Fanle ate dumplings silently, and no one knew what he was thinking about.

The veterinarian picked up a dumpling, sighed, and then started eating.

Everyone has various expressions on their faces, missing their hometown, missing old friends, or thinking of something. Dumplings have different expressions of grief for everyone.

"No matter what, I want to eat braised pork and dumplings. Why not join the 186th Regiment? I'll be a soldier wherever I go. Come on, give me your fingerprints."

A sergeant couldn't stand the smell so much that he immediately pressed his fingerprint, picked up the bowl and chopsticks that had been prepared long ago, filled a large bowl with braised pork, and then ate it with satisfaction.

Seeing someone taking the lead, the others came forward and put their fingerprints on the document. In just a short while, nearly a hundred new soldiers agreed to join the 186th Regiment on the spot.

Lin Hao watched all this with a smile on his face, while Xiaozui kept staring at Lin Hao silently, with an inexplicable emotion flashing across his eyes.

"Milong, how about dumplings?" Lin Hao ate a dumpling and smiled as he watched Milong wolfing down the food.

"It's delicious, with pork and cabbage stuffing. I still remember that my mother made it for us on New Year's Eve. It's been many years since I last had it." Milong cried while eating.

Lin Hao ignored these self-admiring guys and took Chen Xiaozui to have dinner alone.

……

The next day, Lin Hao returned to the courtyard warehouse again and transferred the silver dollars in the ring and some arms into the room.

As a result, several rooms were full and there was still a lot of supplies in the ring. Lin Hao sighed and thought that the warehouse was still too small.

Looking at his watch, he found that it was already six o'clock. Lin Hao suddenly smiled, thinking that everyone had almost finished eating.

So he went to the shelter, took out his whistle and blew it hard.

"Emergency gathering!"

"What, emergency assembly?"

"There was a war?"

"Oh my god, the Japanese are attacking us?"

“These are my pants.”

"You bastard, I'm going to chop you to death."

"Who blew the whistle?"

Looking at the mess in the shelter, Lin Hao shook his head. It was really a hopeless situation. If he met the elite soldiers, he would die without knowing how.

"You're a bunch of trash. Hurry up and gather. If you don't gather within five minutes, you won't have breakfast later." Lin Hao shouted loudly while holding an iron loudspeaker.

When they saw Lin Hao, the people who were cursing immediately shut up. Meng Fanle even came to Lin Hao's side with a crutch and faithfully enforced the rule that no one should leave within three meters.

"Commander, it's only six o'clock now?" Meng Fanle, who had just got up, yawned and couldn't help saying.

Hearing this, Lin Hao glared at him and looked at him:
"What's wrong with six o'clock? We are soldiers, not civilians. We must always be ready for war."

"We are in the rear area now, what kind of war are we fighting?" Meng Fanle couldn't help but reply.

"Shut up. I told you to gather, so why are you talking so much nonsense?" Lin Hao kicked him and said:

"Take a few people to the warehouse and bring the three sacks in there."

"Yes, Commander." Although he didn't know why, Meng Fanle still took people to move the sacks.

"Brother, you're awake." At this time, Xiaozui walked over and looked at Lin Hao, saying in a sweet and naive voice.

"Well, Xiaozui, go and go with the veterinarian and the others to set up the pot. We will have beef noodles this morning." Lin Hao looked at Xiaozui and instructed.

Hearing this, Xiaozui nodded and started to get busy.

At this time, the team of two hundred people had gathered, and the entire shelter was full of people. Lin Hao stood on the steps and looked at this group of stragglers.

"Very good, it seems that breakfast is very attractive. We will all be assembled in five minutes." Lin Hao said first:
"Yesterday I promised you that everyone would receive three months' military pay, and those who joined later would receive ten dollars as resettlement allowance. Now is the time to fulfill my promise."

"Excuse me, you haven't brought it yet?"

When they heard that they were going to give out a lot of money, the sleepy people immediately widened their eyes and whispered to each other.

"Do you really want to send a lot of money?"

"Oh, it's been a long time since I last saw the ocean."

“It can’t be fake.”

"It shouldn't be. With so many people, they definitely won't lie."

"Here they come, here they come." At this time, Meng Fanle brought a few people and carried in three sacks of silver dollars from the car.

When the sack fell to the ground, making the sound of silver dollars hitting the ground, everyone's breathing quickened a lot.

Lin Hao stepped on the sack, untied the rope, and revealed the snow-white silver dollars. Everyone's eyes widened. It had been a long time since they had seen the silver dollars.

And the texture looks particularly new, obviously newly cast.

That’s right, these were newly minted by Lin Hao in the United States, and the silver content is the same as that of Yuan Datou.

"I am a man of my word, and I distinguish rewards and punishments clearly. I will make up the difference if I say so!" Lin Hao said as he took out the roster and said:

"Yesterday our Major Lin Yi was still worried about whether he could get the full amount of military pay. Now I tell you, everyone can get the full amount of military pay."

"Lin Yi, you're the first one."

"Here!" Upon hearing the name, Lin Yi was surprised and immediately stood up and saluted.

"Major, monthly salary 80, three months of supplementary work, 240 yuan." Lin Hao read out loudly and motioned Meng Fan to come forward to help.

Seeing Meng Fanle counting the oceans, Lin Yi's eyes revealed surprise, all this was true.

When 240 silver dollars were placed in his hands and he felt the coldness of the silver dollars, Lin Yi burst into tears. At the same time, he looked at Lin Hao and saluted solemnly.

Everyone received his own military pay, and the least, Li Sifu, received nearly fifty dollars.

After the military pay for everyone in the original shelter was distributed, the other newly joined soldiers looked at him eagerly.

So Lin Hao smiled and continued:

"Now give the resettlement allowance to the new brothers who joined yesterday."

The remaining nearly two hundred brothers had been looking at the ocean eagerly for a long time, and now they were even more excited when they heard Lin Hao's words.

They lined up obediently to receive their wages.

After getting it, some people bite it with their teeth, while others blow on it and put it next to their ears to listen to the sound.

Everyone had a satisfied smile on their face, and they looked at Lin Hao with more admiration.