webnovelfull Chapter 372 Training (2)
Chapter 372 Training (2)
On the way home, Fang Chen, who was always calm, couldn't help but look at Ji Xiaou. He was originally planning to recruit soldiers, but he didn't expect to do it so soon, and recruiting soldiers has never been an easy task. He and Yang Hua and others had already made the worst plan. It is very likely that they would not be able to recruit even one person.
But after the Huang family's perfunctory behavior last time, Ji Xiaou thought about it for a long time, and then discussed today's events with him. She revealed his former identity to everyone, and broke the news to the villagers about the upcoming war. Then she told them their plan. After getting the villagers' approval, she asked them for land to grow crops, and finally let him go on stage to recruit soldiers. Everything went so naturally, but he knew that her trick was to throw a brick to attract jade, and it was used without leaving any trace.
Do you think the land is important? No, recruiting soldiers is the most important thing.
He also didn't expect that the most difficult task of recruiting soldiers would allow Ji Xiaou to perfectly resolve the villagers' fear of being a soldier, and even show unprecedented cooperation and enthusiasm.
"This is the most perfect recruitment I have ever experienced in my life. I didn't expect that such a difficult task as recruitment could become so simple. This is the first time I've seen someone begging to join the army." Xu Ziyang couldn't help but sigh.
"Yes! Every time we recruited soldiers in the past, the number was always pitifully small, just two or three little birds. In the end, it was only through the court's strong recruitment that we were able to recruit enough soldiers." Yang Hua also agreed. The most profound memory in his mind was the scene of those who were forced to recruit soldiers and were forced to separate from their families.
"If we tell others about today's scene, no one will believe it." Tie Laosan also said that every time they recruited soldiers in the past, they were either booed or driven away. Who would be willing to send their children to join the army?
But today, the youngest soldier they recruited was only ten years old.
Ten years old. They were about this age back then. They were picked up by the eldest brother and raised for a few years before they joined the army.
They were fighting for a way out, hoping to have hot meals and a bed to sleep in as soldiers.
"Sister-in-law, besides my eldest brother, I admire you the most." Xu Feng's eyes when looking at Ji Xiaou also changed. He used to be respectful to her because she was the wife chosen by his eldest brother and their eldest sister-in-law. Now, her status has quietly changed, and he suddenly understood why his eldest brother loved her so much.
"Yes! Sister-in-law, you really opened my eyes. It turns out that recruiting soldiers can be done this way." Lin Feng also exclaimed.
"You are wrong. It is your own hard work that has brought you to where you are today. Mighty General, the Twelve Iron Riders are not my story, but your glory. You risked your lives for it. If they hadn't heard you and knew it was yours, today's recruitment wouldn't have been so smooth." Ji Xiaowu shook her head. She didn't think it was her credit.
She just took advantage of everyone's admiration and gratitude for the mighty general. It was the mighty general and his twelve cavalrymen who had defended their country and risked their lives that convinced the villagers and led them to actively participate. She just laid the groundwork in advance to let them have a clearer understanding of the mighty general, who was actually just an ordinary man, to bring him closer to them, and no longer make him the lofty, legendary figure.
He was just a child who they watched grow up, and was even fed by them and grew up eating food from many families.
He was not far away from them, he was right in front of them, but no one knew it.