Fang Laosan quickly found an empty bed to put down his luggage. He took the wooden basin with his hair to the bathhouse and took a bath with the magic soap that he had never used before. He took a very comfortable hot bath. Then in the evening, Fang Laosan and the other six
The two recruits followed the squad leader into the cafeteria of the Polu Regiment.
The soldiers' canteen is very large and is divided into ten, from the first canteen to the tenth canteen. Squad leader Jiang Chong looked down upon these country bumpkins like Fang Laosan who had never seen the world and didn't say a word when he led the recruits to the canteen.
, I only gave a few pointers when I arrived at the seventh canteen.
Following the instructions of the squad leader, Fang Laosan showed his wooden waist tag at the window of the No. 7 cafeteria, and the cook handed out dinner to Fang Laosan: a three-ounce piece of pork belly, a large spoonful of boiled Chinese cabbage,
There is also plenty of white rice.
The meat is red and white pork belly, and the rice is white rice without any bran.
Except for the Chinese New Year, this was the first time that Fang Laosan had a meal with meat and vegetables. He devoured it as if he had never eaten such a delicious meal. After finishing a bowl of rice, Fang Laosan went to the window again.
After receiving a bowl, I ate until my stomach was bulging before I gave up.
After eating a full meal, Fang Laosan felt comfortable all over.
The other soldiers also had a hard life, and they all howled and ate rice and meat dishes.
Squad leader Jiang Chong only ate more than half a bowl of rice and sat there looking at the recruits who were immersed in eating with a look of contempt. After eating and returning to the dormitory, Jiang Chong didn't say a word and just told the recruits to go to bed at midnight.
, saying that anyone who doesn’t sleep and blows up the camp will be punished by beheading!
The words frightened the recruits so much that they lay on their beds and dared not speak out.
Early the next morning, the recruits had a breakfast of eggs, pickles and porridge in the cafeteria, and were led to the training ground outside the city by the squad leader. Jiang Chong stood in front of the team and glanced at the recruits who looked like country bumpkins.
"You are all new recruits and don't understand anything! But you will understand soon!"
"Do you know how long it took me to become the monitor?"
"have no idea!"
The recruits shook their heads, and Jiang Chong said loudly: "It took me one year and four months! In this year and four months, I practiced target shooting 480 times, and I hit the target every time at a distance of 130 steps!"
I participated in two battles! I killed eight thieves, three of whom were thieves leaders! That’s why I am today, your squad leader!”
After hearing Jiang Chong's achievements, the recruits looked at Jiang Chong differently, with a bit of admiration. He killed eight thieves. What a powerful person he was.
Jiang Chong walked a few steps in front of the seven recruits and said loudly: "Here we have food, meat, and a high monthly salary. Is this a good life?"
Jiang Chong asked himself: "This life is good! But can it be better?"
Jiang Chong said loudly: "It can be better!"
"As long as you train hard, start shooting hard after the recruit period, and perform normally when participating in battles. In two or three years, each of you will be a squad leader, and you will be able to lead seven soldiers like me! Get four
Two monthly payments!”
"Now I took a loan from Mr. Cheng and bought a two-story villa of my own! I have my own house! I'm not bragging, the matchmaker who came to propose marriage to me has crossed the threshold of my home! I'm spoiled for choice when it comes to choosing a wife!
"
"As long as you obey the command, you can do what I did."
Hearing Jiang Chong's encouraging remarks, the seven recruits felt that their future was bright. As long as they obeyed the orders, good times seemed to be waving to them. The recruits stood upright with their chests straightened out. Several of the recruits were born in Taipei.
Ku, when he heard the wonderful future described by Jiang Chong, his face turned red with excitement.
Jiang Chong looked at the new recruits, changed the subject, and said:
"However, if someone disobeys orders, has no discipline, deserts from training, or makes mistakes during battle, then it will be a matter of military law!"
"Not only that, but you must also obey the confidentiality regulations! The performance of the weapons you use in the Polu Regiment cannot be leaked, even if the court officials ask you. You cannot talk about it in front of other civilians during target practice! You cannot discuss it with people other than soldiers.
What happened during your battle! Keep it a secret!"
The recruits looked at Jiang Chong firmly, expressing their determination to abide by the regulations with their eyes. Violating the regulations? Such a good day! Even if you force them with a knife, they will not violate the regulations!
Jiang Chong saw the excitement of the recruits, smiled, and said lightly: "The first day of physical training, a twenty-mile cross-country run, everyone will follow me!"
After he was busy recruiting new soldiers, Li Zhi had some free time and began to develop new industries.
What Li Zhi wants to buy this time is reading glasses.
With colorless and transparent glass, making glasses is a matter of course. There are not many people studying in the Ming Dynasty these days, and there are not many people with myopia. It is estimated that not many pairs of glasses for myopia can be sold, but there are many people with presbyopia.
Presbyopia is caused by the relaxation of the ciliary muscle of the eye and the flattening of the lens, causing the image of objects to be behind the retina, so objects cannot be seen clearly. Reading glasses are actually convex lenses that use their light-gathering function to move the image of objects forward.
on the retina.
To put it simply, as long as the round glass is processed into a convex lens with a suitable focal length and installed in a wooden frame, it will be a pair of reading glasses.
The Ming Dynasty advocated ethics and filial piety first. Officials and leaders of large families were all old people. These old people controlled most of the wealth of the Ming Dynasty, but they were basically presbyopic. Presbyopic glasses would make it difficult to see memorials and documents.
, letters and famous posts, this problem troubled the elderly in the Ming Dynasty, and Li Zhi wanted to help them solve this problem.
As long as you spend some money, you can restore your visual ability and read documents clearly again. This must be a good deal for many elderly people.
To make glass convex lenses, you can use a molding machine to mold slurry glass, but the glass lenses made in this way are still very rough and need to be polished, which requires specialized talents.
Li Zhi thought about it and decided to find some jade craftsmen to polish and polish glass lenses. The hardness of glass is basically the same as that of jade. Generally speaking, glass is harder than soft jade such as Hetian jade and softer than jadeite such as jade, so it can polish jade.
Craftsmen can handle glass lenses.
Li Zhi took Li Laosi to find a well-decorated jade shop in Tianjin Acropolis, and asked the owner of Jade Point about the craftsman who handled the jade. When the boss saw Li Zhi walking into the shop wearing a red official uniform, he saluted and served him very attentively.
. He heard that Li Zhi wanted to hire a jade craftsman, and he did not hide his secret. He directly told Li Zhi that jade was produced in Tianfu Yutian County, saying that there were jade craftsmen gathered there and he could find jade craftsmen.
Li Zhi immediately took Li Laosi and several servants to Yutian County. He spent a day riding a horse to Yutian County. When he arrived in Yutian County, he inquired about it and found an alley where jade was sold.
There are dozens of merchants who process and sell jade. Li Zhi heard that those jade shops are all front shops and factories in the back, and the jade craftsmen process jade in the yard behind the shop.
Li Zhi chose a jade shop with the most luxurious decoration and walked in.
When the owner of the jade shop saw a fourth-grade military attache walking in with a few followers, he hurriedly greeted him, saluted, and said nervously: "What's the matter with you, sir?"
Li Laosi said loudly: "My master wants to hire some jade craftsmen who can polish jade. Do you have any here?"
The owner of the shop was stunned when he heard this, and said in panic: "My lord, the jade craftsman who polishes jade in this small shop just has enough manpower. There are no extra people. I'm afraid I can't let my lord hire them!"
