Chapter 56 Interview
In the Hulin Army barracks and recruiting offices, young men who came to join the army were interviewed one by one, which was similar to the interview during recruitment. We had to first let the "employer" see if the applicant has good limbs and whether his brain was normal.
Unlike previous years, the Hulin Army will no longer recruit soldiers regularly this year. As long as young people who are determined to join the army, they can come to Xiyang City to join the army at any time. The Hulin Army has recruitment inquiries in the city and Bakou, providing various questions and preliminary screening.
If a disabled person affects the operation, the personnel from the inquiry office will persuade him to leave, because the other party will definitely not accept it even if he goes to the military camp for an interview. If he is slightly disabled, such as having fewer fingers, toes, or a "fearing" appearance, you can try it in the military camp.
There were not many people coming to apply for the recruitment today, so it was Zhang Dinghe's turn soon. He walked into a small room and two men in military uniforms behind the desk signaled him to sit on Hu's bed.
"Name."
"Zhang Dinghe."
"Hometown."
"Jingzhao Wannian."
The most normal opening was all expected by Zhang Ding and the others, but the subsequent problems were different.
"Zhang Dinghe, how did you know that the Hulin Army is recruiting troops?"
"I heard people say it in Xiakou, Ezhou."
"Who is a businessman? a hawker? an official? a soldier? a soldier? or an ordinary citizen?"
"Officer."
"Did they chat or tell you specifically?"
"It's a chat. I heard it, and then I asked for it for a long time before I could believe it after confirming it."
The recruiter asked Zhang Dinghe again who he asked for inquiries. He determined his source of information like a decouple, and after making records, he continued to ask questions. This time it became more "normal": his experience.
Of course, you can not answer, but you must be responsible for this. If there is a case, Hulin Army will not report to the official, but if you hide it and don’t tell it, you will deal with it separately in the future depending on the severity of the plot. As for other past events, it is OK to say or not.
Zhang Dinghe didn't intend to hide anything. He has always been a dignified person, so he briefly introduced his experience.
He is twenty-five years old and is from Wannian, Jingzhao. He was born and raised in Chang'an. He is from a poor family. However, he was fortunate to study for a few years. When he became an adult, he was elected as a guard and took the rotation to the palace.
Of course, he was the guard of the Sui Palace. After the Zhou army entered Chang'an the previous year and controlled the situation, the guards of the palace naturally had to deal with it separately. Some people kept it, some were arrested, some were placed under house arrest, and some were dismissed. Zhang Dinghe was one of the dismissed people.
His family was not well off and his parents had passed away. After getting married, the main source of his family's life was his salary as a guard, and his wife helped others to work to subsidize the family. After being dismissed, life became more and more difficult.
Due to the war, the farmland was poor, and the government moved the people of Guanzhong to settle down in Shannan, with residents around Chang'an taking the brunt of it. Zhang Dinghe's family was no exception and came to Ezhou, Jiangnan, which was thousands of miles away.
The couple were young and strong. After settling down in Zhixiakou, Ezhou Prefecture, their lives were pretty good. However, because Zhang Dinghe had studied and had the ambition to make achievements, he did not want to live in the fields.
Hearing that one-legged bronze man with outstanding military achievements... King Xiyang was recruiting soldiers, Zhang Dinghe became interested in joining the army and took his wife to Xiyang to apply for recruitment.
"Have you been the palace guard of the Sui Kingdom?"
"Yes."
Zhang Dinghe felt a little nervous after answering. This could be said to be a problem. He was dismissed home instead of being sucked into Zhou Jun. This was the problem that caused it, but...
Zheng Yi, the treacherous minister of the country, could tolerate the King of Xiyang. I am just an ordinary guard. Is it unreasonable to be turned away because of this?
"You have been a guard, but I think you have the skills?"
"Yes."
"What are you good at, bow, horse, spear, knife?"
“Metropolis.”
The recruiter nodded, wrote down Zhang Dinghe's answers one by one, and then smiled slightly: "Zhang Dinghe, you have not concealed the fact that you have done the guards of the Sui Palace. This is great, but don't worry, the Hulin Army will not care about such things."
Zhang Dinghe breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and his originally clenched fists relaxed.
"The next is a physical examination. What are you talking about and don't want people to know?"
"No."
"plz follow me."
‘The physical examination is probably to check whether you have any disability?’ Zhang Dinghe thought so and followed the other party to another room. There are already many people inside, all of whom were young people who had just received the interview.
Everyone stood against the wall, measured their height and weight in turn, and then they were shirtless and rolled up their trousers as required. The other party began to check their limbs. Zhang Dinghe looked around. Some were skinny, while others had some muscles.
After checking the fingers, toes, hands, feet, and palms and soles, I also touched everyone's ribs, and then I asked someone to squat and stretch my arms in turn. A doctor came over and looked at them one by one to determine if everyone had any diseases.
The most embarrassing thing is that people just check the valley entrance. Of course, the recruiter will explain in advance. If he is unwilling to do so, he can refuse, but he will lose the opportunity to join the army.
No matter how embarrassed he was, Zhang Dinghe was not even afraid of death, so he would not be afraid of embarrassment. The doctor in charge of the examination was an old man. At that age, he could probably be his grandfather, so Zhang Dinghe had no objection, and the same was true for others.
After the examination, I thought the physical examination was over, and there were still inspection items.
The first item is eyesight. Standing at a certain distance, looking at a long piece of white paper hanging on the wall, with large and small characters of inverted "mountain" drawn on it. Some are facing the right, and some are facing the left. The recruiter points to which word a wooden stick is used to point to, and the examinee will tell which side it is facing.
Zhang Dinghe can distinguish left and right, have good eyesight, and can see the small font in the bottom line clearly, so he quickly passed the inspection, but some people did not distinguish left and right, and it took a while to complete the inspection.
I thought this item would end here, but there was another content, which was to let people look at the picture album. The pattern on it was composed of small pieces of red, green and blue, and different animals were formed in the three colors of the textures, such as pigs, cattle, sheep and dogs.
The inspector wanted to tell what animal he saw. In order to avoid everyone's understanding, the recruiter specially took out a painting and explained it.
Unheard of inspection items, but Zhang Dinghe was not difficult. Some of the other examined were successfully identified, while others were not able to see them. He did not know what the deep meaning of such an inspection was.
The second item is hearing. The examinee sits down. The doctor holds a small iron fork and rings behind him either on the left or right ear. The examinee needs to tell whether the source of the sound is on the left or right behind him.
This was effortless for Zhang Dinghe, but some people were not separated from each other and had to work hard for a while before completing the inspection.
The physical examination was finally over. The recruiter held a piece of paper in his hand and recited his name. The young people who came to apply for the recruitment were taken out one by one. Zhang Dinghe was called to his name and followed the soldiers to a room to wait. No one came in. A man in military uniform in the room said:
"Congratulations to everyone for passing our army's interview. I'll ask again, this is the Hulin Army. The military discipline is strict and the requirements are very high. If you come here to serve in the army, you have to endure hardships and be tired. Can you do it?"
"OK!"
"Hit louder, I can't hear it!"
"OK!"
......
In the courtyard next to the main entrance of the military camp, a woman was sitting quietly on the bed with a package in her arms. She didn't touch a drop of water from the receptionist. Whenever someone swayed at the entrance of the courtyard, she looked nervously.
Time passed, and she became more and more anxious. I don’t know how long it took, a group of people walked into the yard. She looked carefully and then looked at the person. She then calmed down. She held the package and stood up to meet him. She held one of them tightly and whispered: “Dinghe, why did it take so long…”
"I'm fine, don't worry."
"Then...that..."
"It's passed, and next is a trial."
Zhang Dinghe smiled at his wife, and a stone fell to the ground in his heart. He successfully passed the interview with the Hulin Army and made a breakthrough in the military.
"Dinghe, what is 'trial training'."
"Just like the trial work, see if the applicants are adapted to military life."
"Then...that..."
The woman was Ai Ai, and couldn't tell the reason. Zhang Dinghe guessed his wife's thoughts and explained: "The trial period is one month, including food and accommodation. You are a family member, and you also include food and accommodation. There is a dormitory area in the military camp to accommodate us, so don't worry."
"Dinghe, if you can't try it out..."
Chapter completed!