Chapter 209 Dollars and Baguettes
Jiangdu County Yamen
With the return of Ross, Band and others, they also brought good news that coal mine equipment, factory machines, construction equipment, etc. will be delivered to Jiangdu County soon.
In addition, they also brought another big yellow-haired nose.
Marcel, a French tank chariot commander, retired from the army after World War I, and later found a job as a crew member to make a living.
A few days ago, Marcel's ship set sail from the Lighthouse Country and arrived in the Republic of China with a batch of dyes, machine parts and other materials ordered by the "Walmart Business".
While talking to the captain, Wayne accidentally learned that Marcel would drive a tank.
Immediately, he remembered something that Lin Hongfei had told him casually, looking for one or two people who could drive tanks, and entering the Independent Regiment to serve as the instructor of the armored vehicle.
So Wayne mentioned this matter to the captain and Marcel, hoping to keep Marcel in the country and serve as an instructor for a period of time.
The captain doesn't matter. It's just an ordinary crew member, one more is not much, and one less is not much. Besides, Wal-Mart is also an old customer of their shipping company, so I still have to give this little face.
As for Marcel, it was his first time to come to the Republic of China. The only thing Marcel knew about this strange country was that he heard from several Chinese workers who could speak French during the war.
In a strange country, Marcel naturally had no feelings and did not intend to stay here as an instructor. He had left his motherland for so long that he missed the baguette in his hometown.
However, when Wayne took out a stack of US dollars and handed it to Marcel and asked him to open an account and deposit at Citibank in Qingcheng City now, Marcel was shaken.
He loved baguette, but he loved the green banknotes and the affable Washington, Lincoln, and Hamilton on it.
So he followed Rose, Band and others to Jiangdu County.
After learning about Marcel's identity, Lin Hongfei did not hesitate and immediately took him to his arms warehouse.
With the lifting of two large tarpaulins, two brand new French Renault ft-17 tanks appeared in front of Marcel.
Looking at this familiar model, as a retired tank captain, he recalled the scene of the motor rumbling and cannon sounds on the battlefield back then.
"Mr. Marcel, I hope you can help me train a group of excellent tank soldiers, and you will be responsible for these two tanks."
"Then, I will ask my deputy commander to accompany you to select the right students in the army." Lin Hongfei talked to Marcel in skillful French.
Marcel was not only surprised by his youth, but also by his fluent French language. This made him feel a little relieved. In the future, he would be able to communicate with the highest commander of Jiangdu County.
Marcel nodded: "No problem, but you need a French translator to be with me, otherwise it will be difficult for me to communicate with your soldiers."
"I know this, so I'm going to let Mr. Rose be your French translator temporarily!" Lin Hongfei smiled.
Ross, who was standing by, nodded to Marcel. Ross was a French immigrant from the Lighthouse Country, and Ross was also responsible for translating to Marcel along the way.
Things were settled, and Lin Hongfei smiled with satisfaction.
These two tanks have been in the warehouse for a long time. Marcel came today and finally they can play a real role!
Soon, Guo Lang accompanied Marcel to select the first 15 members in the Independent Regiment and formed the Independent Regiment Armored Soldier Training Brigade. Lin Hongfei was still the captain and Marcel was the instructor.
After passing training and assessment in the future, they will become the first armored force in Lin Hongfei's hands.
On the same day when the Armored Soldier Training Brigade was established, a long line was lined up outside a house in Jiangdu County. Without exception, the people in the team were all young men in their 18 or 19 years old and in their twenties.
At the front of the team, there was a sign with the words "Jiangdu County Police Department Police Recruitment Office".
After Wu Qiusheng received the task of rebuilding Jiangdu County Police Station from Lin Hongfei, he started to work with Lu Xiwa and did not sleep well for several days.
When they were in the capital, although both of them were responsible for the police station, they had never worked so hard.
After all, this police station is a public police station, not his own, so why should I care about it?
But it’s different now. Jiangdu County is the territory of my elder brother. I help my elder brother raise police, which is just to do things for my own family. How can I not work hard?
Therefore, after many busy days, Wu Qiusheng publicly recruited a group of young and strong men with innocent families to Jiangdu County to join the police station.
When they learned that they were going to the police station to work as a service for the public, the young men naturally rushed to queue up to sign up.
Although I don’t know how the treatment of the police station is, everyone knows that although County Magistrate Lin is a ruthless person, he is really good to his own people and has no choice.
Not to mention anything else, it depends on the soldiers of the Independent Regiment who can eat three meals a week and get a new dress a year, but they don’t have to pay military pay. The treatment of the police station is not much worse!
Therefore, the recruitment office lined up early, and these were people who came to register from all over the county. It is said that some people were afraid of being late, so they ran to the nearby day before yesterday to wait.
Seeing so many people registering in front of him, Wu Qiusheng decided to increase the strictness of the review again. After all, his first recruitment plan only prepared 120 places.
So, a police recruitment activity that was no less than that of the Independent Regiment recruited troops.
In this recruitment, those who can read literacy will be given priority.
Those who are illiterate will be strictly examined based on their figure, appearance, physical coordination, etc.
It was a whole day when Wu Qiusheng, Lu Xiwa and others were so tired that they were about to collapse on the ground that all the registered young people were reviewed.
Finally, in the evening, they announced the final admission list on the walls on both sides of the police station gate!
The young people who came to sign up rushed forward and carefully searched for their names when they were literate.
The illiterate ones raised their ears and listened carefully to the voice of the police officer reading the list ahead, for fear of missing their name.
The person who was selected was naturally very excited and danced directly with excitement: "Ah, I'm beaten!"
Those who were not selected naturally looked lonely, dejected, and regretted that they did not perform better in the review.
However, after reading the list, the officer also mentioned that he would continue to recruit police officers in the future. This sentence gave people who were not selected more comfort.
Chapter completed!