As soon as the news came out that An Ning had started recruiting soldiers at the manor outside Paris, more people in Paris flocked to this small manor on the outskirts.
For several days, there was an endless stream of people coming to the manor, making it look like a vegetable market.
When An Ning looked down from the second floor of the manor, she even saw someone trying to sell water and snacks among the crowds in the manor.
But because so many people came, there was no room for all the people who had been recruited. There were only so many houses in the manor, and even the livestock sheds couldn't accommodate that many people.
So An Ning had no choice but to send the people currently recruited to Kongta first.
Over the past few days, An Ning has sent several companies of infantry to Konta. In order to provide these companies with enough grassroots non-commissioned officers to take charge of the organization, An Ning promoted a series of non-commissioned officers from the company he brought back to Paris. , deal with the situation first.
An Ning's move made Lazar Cano frown.
But the situation was such that he didn't say much.
On the Sunset Knight side, since most of the soldiers are genuine non-commissioned officers and officers, the organization is much simpler.
For some reason, the actions of Tranquility's Afterglow Knights, the Afterglow Army, gained a lot of interpretation in Paris. As a result, a bunch of small nobles who had survived the rural revolution all came to join this army.
Because it required too much manpower and energy to screen out such people one by one, An Ning pinched her nose and accepted them all.
As a result, the situation became very strange. An Ning, the hero who overthrew the old system, had the most reactionary army under his command...
Lazarcano also expressed his concerns about this, but An Ning said that if there is a war in the future, he will use the Sunset Knights as a death squad, so there is no need to worry.
On July 24, An Ning sent a completed female cavalry unit to Konta.
This army has no war horses yet, so they have to walk to Konta.
Everything seems to be on track.
Because Lazar Cano was too capable, An Ning was free, so he drank tea with the little maid on the second floor terrace every day.
I have to say, this kind of vertical and horizontal management feels really good!
On July 26, while An Ning was drinking tea, suddenly the servant of the manor appeared on the terrace and whispered something into Fanny's ear.
An Ning: "What's wrong?"
"There is someone who wants to see you by name, saying he is an acquaintance of yours." Fanny shrugged, "I'll go down and have a look."
An Ning: "No, I'm fine anyway, let him come up."
Fanny: "I don't recommend this. If you can meet anyone who wants to see you, then..."
An Ning interrupted Fanny: "I'm not a real nobleman. I'm the same as everyone else. Since I'm free, why not let others come to me and meet me? It's okay. You are the maid of a nobleman. That's right. , in your opinion, you shouldn’t do this, and I can understand it, but remember, I am not a noble, I am just the son of a cobbler."
Fanny did not reply, but bowed slightly: "Then I will go and bring the person up."
After saying that, she turned around and left with the waiter who came to report the message.
After a while, Fanny led a boy who looked to be fourteen or fifteen years old up.
An Ning frowned when she saw the young man: "I don't remember having such a young friend."
The young man immediately took a step forward: "Mr. Frost! My father died during the attack on the Bastille, and my mother participated in the march on Versailles and was your supporter! When she was dying, she told me that she wanted me to come find her. You said you don’t have any orderlies by your side, so you should be short of someone!”
An Ning frowned: "When you are about to die?"
The child nodded: "Yes, she was sick and kept coughing up blood. The doctor came and gave blood several times but nothing improved. Later, we ran out of money and could no longer afford to hire a regular doctor, so we found one in the city.
Barefoot doctor, it turned out that after the bloodletting, she had a high fever and finally died..."
As he spoke, the child covered his face and cried bitterly.
Fanny took out her handkerchief, knelt down in front of the child, wiped his tears, and softly comforted him: "Don't cry, talk to me."
An Ning sighed.
He probably guessed what was going on. The patient was already weak, and the bloodletting made him even more weak. The fever at the end was probably a wound infection, and combined with the original illness, he died all of a sudden.
This is how medical treatment is in this era. Whether you can save someone's life depends on whether your life is tough. If your life is not tough enough, even someone like Washington will be put to death.
After the child stopped crying, he looked at An Ning: "Mr. Frost, I..."
An Ning: "Your mother asked you to be my orderly?"
"Yes, that's what she said. She said that she had been observing you for a long time and there was no orderly or follower around you, so she asked me to give it a try."
An Ning curled her lips and thought to herself that this mother was a smart person. If her son were to be a leading soldier, he would probably die miserably on the battlefield soon, while an orderly would be much safer.
But An Ning shook his head: "I can't let you be an orderly, because no one knows if you are sent by my enemies. There are many people in Paris who want me to die.
"However, your mother doesn't want you to go to the battlefield and die in vain, and I have to respect her thoughts. Fanny, send this child to the stables and let the groom George teach him how to take care of the horses."
Fanny: "Yes."
The child immediately showed a grateful expression. It was obvious that he had no intention of becoming an orderly. He just wanted to find a livelihood that would allow him to survive.
The child thanked An Ning repeatedly and was taken down by Fanny.
After a while, Fanny came back: "There is another gentleman in the foyer who wants to see you."
An Ning frowned: "Another orphan?"
"No, it's your recruiting director, Sergeant Paul."
An Ning immediately raised his head, because he had ordered the people in charge of recruiting to pay attention to a few specific people, and report to him immediately once they were recruited.
An Ning: "Who did he find?"
Fanny: "I don't know, should I ask him to come up?"
An Ning: "Let him come up quickly!"
A moment later, Sergeant Paul appeared with a young man of eighteen or nineteen years old.
Sergeant Paul saluted An Ning and shouted loudly: "Your Majesty General! According to your order, we found a person who meets your requirements!"
An Ning: "Good! Very energetic!"
Shit, because Paul was too loud, he responded like this out of habit!
An Ning: "Who did you find?"
Sergeant Paul pointed to the young man next to him: "This is the apprentice in the dyeing shop, Jean Lannes! He just came to sign up for our army today."
An Ning was overjoyed: "Oh! Sparasi!"
What the hell am I talking about!
An Ning: "I mean, great job!"
He stood up, walked around Jean Lannes, and looked him up and down with an appraising look.
Yes, it looks almost the same as the person in the portrait! I must thank the painters who painted portraits in this era who were all realists. Even if there is some artistic processing, it will not completely change the person like the later beautification.
There is no doubt that this is the "immortal grenadier", Jean Lannes, a civilian marshal who was born in a dye house.
An Ning rubbed her hands in excitement, and got SSR again! I asked why I was so bad when playing mobile games before time travel, and even the guarantees were always crooked. It turned out that I was saving my luck here!
Jean Lannes was worthy of being a marshal who later won the championship of the three armies. Although the current situation was very strange, he still did not flinch and stood up straight with his head held high.
An Ning spoke: "Are you Jean Rana?"
"Yes, I am a dyeing apprentice!"
"It doesn't matter, I'm still a shoemaker! The Revolution gave us all different destinies!" An Ning patted Lana on the shoulder, "Do a good job in my army. Go down and find Captain Lazarcano.
, just say that you are the helper I sent to him, and let him teach you how to organize an army."