The base area did not completely copy the organizational structure of the Ming army and carried out a series of reforms.
Each general banner has a deputy general who serves as the town governor. All the town governors were personally educated by Huang Yi, and they can all write more than 800 words and can write and calculate.
The governor of the town is still studying. In another year or two, he will definitely be able to master two thousand common words, learn the mathematics of later elementary schools, and master the initial knowledge of physics and geography.
Artillery will be extremely important for a long time to come.
Therefore, Huang Yi paid more attention to the political and ideological work of the artillery. Without special circumstances, the artillery was selected from Han people.
Now, one hundred and sixty artillerymen who are basically qualified have been trained, five of whom are governors.
After criticism and self-criticism, analyzing one's own sufferings and remembering the sweets, etc., effective brainwashing, oh no! It is the correct way to correct and unify thoughts.
One hundred and sixty young artillerymen are all full of energy and high morale!
It stands to reason that if they are equipped with several hundred auxiliary soldiers, the 160 artillerymen can control eighty three-pound cannons.
However, nearly ten artillery pieces have been destroyed and scrapped, and now there are only eight three-pound regimental artillery pieces in the base area.
In a few days, Liu Han will be able to deliver six newly produced three-pound cannons. If he wants to add more, he will have to wait another month.
This meant that the planned spring offensive could only carry fourteen three-pound regimental guns.
The supply of gunpowder is not a problem. Gunpowder has been produced in the base area. Some of the raw materials are purchased by the Li family company and some are produced by themselves.
In the base areas where fertilizer concentration is promoted to improve farmland, dedicated personnel are responsible for collecting nitrate soil and purifying mirabilite.
This thing was ordinary in the eyes of Ming Dynasty people, and Glauber's salt was just an ordinary medicinal material in traditional Chinese medicine stores.
There are many people who know how to look for saltpeter and thenardite and create conditions to generate more saltpeter.
Huang Yi's mobile phone also has methods for collecting and making saltpeter and thenardite.
But he found that there was no need to do anything superfluous. These methods and methods were all known to the workers responsible for collecting Glauber's salt in the base area.
After all, the base area has a population of tens of thousands, and Huang Yi cannot manage it as roughly as the Ming court.
The effective Baojia system has been adopted for a long time. Thirty households have one Ajia, and three militia flag officers who actively participate in the training are selected as Ajia chiefs, and they rotate on a one-year basis.
There are three armors for one security guard, and for ninety households, there are also three security chiefs who take turns. The chief security officer must be the chief flag officer or deputy chief banner officer or town governor in the auxiliary army or militia.
According to the underground decree, you only need to notify the on-duty security chief to hold a meeting, and it can be communicated to every household that night.
At present, the base area under Huang Yi's rule can boast of having good governance and good people, and hundreds of industries are waiting to flourish!
Collecting salt is such a big deal, let alone spending money to purchase it, it can be completed even through apportionment.
In order to prevent the spread of epidemics, people in the base area are not allowed to drink raw water and clean up livestock excrement in a timely manner. Open defecation is not allowed in all quarries, factories, and military camps.
Not only were many toilets built, but there were also buckets for collecting urine.
Pour urine on horse dung, pig dung, and cow dung to collect nitrate very quickly.
The battles that took place during this period basically used cold weapons, and the granular gunpowder produced in the base area was only used by musketeers and gunners for training.
oh! By the way, some gunpowder is also used to blast rocks.
In general, the current output of gunpowder in the base area is much higher than consumption, and there are already several kilograms of gunpowder in stock.
Fireworks are strictly prohibited in the concrete gunpowder magazine. In order to facilitate transportation, each wooden gunpowder barrel only stores 20 kilograms of gunpowder.
There is a skull painted on the powder keg and the words "Handle with care, safety first" are written.
There is never too much gunpowder, and collecting saltpeter is the duty of the people in every base area.
The base area government will not let the people's work go in vain. They will hand over the collected saltpeter and thenardite and get paid according to the nitrate content.
Some experienced people brought brooms and dustpans to the shady foothills to sweep up the white frost on the rocks. This stuff is natural Glauber's salt, and its nitrate content is much higher than the soil in the toilet.
Not only the shaded areas at the foot of mountains, but also the shaded backs of houses will spit out hoarfrost.
People who have accumulated experience use their spare time to collect silver, and those who do better can earn five or six more yuan a month to supplement their family income.
Huang Yi was so willful that he did not hesitate to pay the people in the base area.
He believes that only by allowing the people in the base areas to have more disposable income can small economies achieve a virtuous internal cycle.
Therefore, the output of the most important raw materials for making gunpowder, saltpeter and mirabilite, is increasing every month with the participation of the whole people.
It is not wishful thinking to strive for the gunpowder produced in the base area to be able to meet the consumption of large-scale artillery battles.
Huang Yi has always been down-to-earth, without any wild ideas, and adopted the standards and measurement units of future generations.
A day in the Ming Dynasty was divided into twelve hours. Huang Yi did not change this habit, but divided one hour into two hours, and one hour into sixty minutes.
There is no clock in the base area, but it has been around since the Ming Dynasty. Huang Yi has entrusted Li Weida to help buy some of the latest Western clocks.
The purpose is self-evident! Imitation.
Now, the skilled gunners in the base are able to fire twice a minute.
Plans never keep up with changes!
Originally, Geng Zhanghua had made an appointment with Huang Yi to send troops together in the spring to completely defeat the Haraqin tribe.
However, Lin Dan Khan, who was entrenched in Guihua City, suddenly sent troops to threaten Datong Town. He was extremely dissatisfied with the city reward according to the old customs, and actually asked for double the reward!
That's not all. He also asked for the full market reward of King Bu Shitu of Shunyi.
Bu Shitu was the chief of the right-wing Tumut tribe of Mongolia and the king of Shunyi who was conferred in the 41st year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty.
Even if the current King of Shunyi was defeated by Lin Dan Khan and fled thousands of miles away, the Ming court could not recognize Lin Dan Khan, who had actually occupied Guihua City, annexing the Tumote tribe.
According to the original history, the governor of Datong and the governor of Xuanda were afraid that Lin Dan Khan, who had brought 20,000 to 30,000 troops, would fall out, so they chose to compromise and were blackmailed out of a lot of money and food.
Later, the eunuchs who supervised the army and the civil servants and generals complained. The governor and governor were dismissed from their posts and were arrested and imprisoned in the capital.
During the days when Huang Yi and Geng Zhanghua lived together, they talked about everything.
Huang Yi knew why Wei Yunzhong, the governor of Xuanda in history, Zhang Zongheng, the governor of Shanxi, and Shen Jie, the governor of Xuanfu, were convicted.
Therefore, Geng Zhanghua was told to tell his father that no matter what the circumstances, he could not negotiate for payment without permission.
Even if you can't defeat, you must still fight forever with the determination to be willing to fight for peace. Whether peace talks are a matter for the court, only the emperor can make the decision.
The Chahar tribes are actually strong on the outside and cadres on the inside, so our attitude towards them must be tough.
Even if Lin Danhan wanted money and food from the court, he would not give it to them, and he would have to force them to exchange horses, cattle, sheep, and fur goods.
