boyutpedia Chapter 417 Hello everyone, my name is Liu Erwa
Chapter 417 Hello everyone, my name is Liu Erwa
Liu Erwa passed the physical test for naval recruitment smoothly. He was overjoyed and drove all the way back to tell his mother the news.
His father passed away two years ago due to overwork, leaving him and his mother to depend on each other.
Life in the mountains was tough, and he didn't want his only relative to die there from overwork.
I originally went to the city today to sell some local produce, and then use the money to buy shoes and daily necessities. The news of the navy's recruitment was a complete surprise.
However, after learning about the benefits of the navy, Liu Erwa immediately decided to join the army. Although he didn't know what this Lord Zhou and the navy were, the ten taels of silver settlement allowance after joining the army was enough to attract him.
"Mother."
The thatched hut that my father built with his own hands has no trace of my mother.
Behind the house was a small vegetable garden that his mother had cultivated. Liu Erwa quickly guessed that his mother was probably busy working in the vegetable garden behind the house.
Sure enough, the mother was tending to her little vegetable garden day after day.
In Liu Erwa's footage, except for the snowy winter, his mother would come to the small vegetable garden almost every day to water and weed. Although the vegetable garden didn't yield much in the end, his mother was very happy.
"Erwa, what's wrong?"
The mother looked at her son, whose face was flushed from running, with concern on her face.
"Mother, I've joined the army."
Liu Erwa was eager to share the good news with his mother, but when she heard it, she seemed to have lost her soul, and didn't even react when the gourd ladle she was using to water the plants fell to the ground.
"My son, you..."
Liu's mother couldn't stop crying, and Liu Erwa finally realized that his mother must have misunderstood.
"Mother, I joined Lord Zhou's navy. Where is the navy?"
"Navy? What navy?"
Liu Erwa hadn't even figured out what the navy was, so how could her mother possibly know?
"Well, that's... well, it's the kind of place that's not only not dangerous, but also makes a lot of money, you see."
The general took out ten taels of silver and handed it to his mother.
"Son, we must not do anything illegal."
“Mother, this is what the naval sergeant gave me. I successfully joined the army, and this is the resettlement allowance they gave me.”
"You can't talk nonsense. Who gives a settling-in allowance right after joining the army? And so much of it? You're lying to your mother."
"No, Mother, it's true. I joined the navy. If you don't believe me, you can come with me to see for yourself. It's right in the city."
It took Liu Erwa a lot of explaining to make it clear, and his mother barely believed him. However, he knew that his mother was sad and upset because she was afraid that he was in danger. But he had to say it. He didn't want to stay in this remote mountain village anymore. He could see his entire life laid out before him at a glance, which was not what he wanted.
He wanted to give his mother, who had worked hard all her life, a better life. He also hoped to marry a good girl and start a family. He longed to live in the city and be respected. Joining the navy might be his only hope in this life.
The high military service fees and salaries were the only means he could provide for his mother's livelihood.
Most importantly, what the registration officer said when he passed the physical fitness test made him even more motivated.
"Name, age, and who else is in your family?"
"Liu Erwa, eighteen years old, still has his mother at home."
"Oh, is it just your mother?"
"Yes."
"Then you'd better work hard. If you do well, you can apply for housing in Nanhai and bring your mother over to enjoy a comfortable life."
"What? Our navy has this benefit? Housing? For free?"
"That's for sure, but only if you perform well and make a contribution."
"I definitely will, thank you, sir."
"Hehe, I'm not some adult. From now on, we're comrades-in-arms."
. . . . . . .
Niujia Town.
New naval recruits from all over the country have been arriving in Niujia Town for transit these days, and then taking ships directly to the South China Sea.
"We will take a boat from here to the South China Sea. Whether it's tomorrow or the day after depends on further instructions. You are free to move around as you please, but causing trouble is strictly prohibited. Anyone who causes trouble will be expelled from the party, regardless of the reason. Do you understand?"
"Yes."
The march of several days had left everyone exhausted, but thankfully they had finally reached a transit point where they could rest.
In the temporary courtyard arranged by Niujia Town, the new recruits collapsed on the ground. After marching for days, they had stayed in all sorts of desolate wilderness, so this large blue brick floor was already quite good for them.
"It's still daylight, aren't you going to go out and take a look?"
Most of them were ready to take a good rest, but a new recruit who seemed quite outgoing encouraged everyone to go out and have some fun.
"It's just a town, what's so fun about it?"
Liu Erwa listened quietly to their conversation without interrupting. He was too tired and didn't really want to go out. He believed that most people felt the same way.
"You really are ignorant. Do you even know the name of this town?"
"Isn't it called Niujia Town? The instructor already told us when we came here."
"That's right, Niujia Town. This is the hometown of Lord Zhou Wu, the birthplace of the Great Dragon Navy, and the starting point of maritime trade. Don't you really want to go and take a look?"
The fact that the young men were so familiar with each other piqued everyone's curiosity. They had come to join the navy, but they never expected that this unassuming town was the birthplace of the navy. They had to go and see it for themselves.
"I go."
"I'll go as well."
"I also need to go."
For some reason, Liu Erwa felt less tired and wanted to go take a look, so he followed the others out.
"Okay, let's all go then. I'll go ask the instructor for leave."
"it is good."
Although they were new recruits, they had already been temporarily assigned to squads and told some basic rules: they had to get the instructor's approval no matter where they went.
"Would you like to go for a stroll around town?"
The instructors were also resting, but their rooms were better equipped, so at least they didn't have dozens of people crammed into one courtyard.
"Yes, instructor, I heard that this is Lord Zhou's hometown and the birthplace of the navy. Everyone wants to visit it."
"Okay, I haven't gone back yet, so I'll take you to see it."
"Great, thank you, instructor."
We were staying on the outskirts of the town, so we didn't see the town's true face.
At this moment, led by their instructors, about thirty new recruits appeared in a grand procession at the gate of Niujia Town.
"Wow, is this really just a town?"
"This city wall is higher than the county town in my hometown."
Before even entering, the new recruits were stunned by the towering city walls of Niujia Town.
"Back then, Lord Zhou personally funded the construction of the city wall for the safety of the people of Niujia Town, and was even praised by His Majesty."