"Where are my hundred households?"
"Leave the city and head west for thirty miles."
“What is that place?”
"Rocky Beach"
"Why is it called Rock Beach? There are many rocks here."
"I asked you if it bothers you, and I'll slap you again."
Well, I can’t afford to offend this aunt.
Yang Fan shut up.
This is a flattering name, Shittan, okay? Emotions are all stones. What kind of ruined place did Lord Tushan plan?
The little girl glanced at Yang Fan's expression and gave him a sideways look, with an expression on her face that said you were thinking shit.
What are you thinking? It's your turn to be in a good place. Do you think the real power military attache is so easy to fill?
Both of them were riding good horses and soon entered the boundary of hundreds of households on the rocky beach.
This land is next to the Luanhe River. Despite the drought in recent years, the water in the Luanhe River is still quite large.
There is a large tidal flat under the river embankment, which is the dry season in winter and is a certain distance from the river channel. But the river is still very wide.
The waves on the river are rough and there are many ships on the river. There are also many stretch ones. Coming up from Beitangkou, Tianjin, if the wind is not favorable, we can only rely on manpower to pull it up the two to three hundred miles.
Normally, the land by the water should be considered fertile farmland, but why can't we see a few good crops here? They are all withered and yellow weeds.
"Don't look at it. The terrain here is high and there is no water. Don't look at it. The flat land here is vast, with a radius of hundreds of miles. There are too many rocks in the ground, and the land is also saline and alkaline. It would be good if grass can grow."
Yang Fan looked at the weeds on the ground sadly, feeling that he had fallen into another pit before he could climb out of the previous one.
I don’t know how many big mouths are waiting for me here.
At least there is grass for herding sheep, Yang Fan comforted himself.
Soon the Baihu Station arrived. A dilapidated earthen fence was even worse than the earthen wall of Xinghe. There was only one door left at the village gate, and the other one was missing. An old man in his fifties with unshaven beard stood there. door.
He was wearing rags with patches on top of each other. Yang Fan looked carefully for a long time before he realized that the dark, shiny clothes were a mandarin duck war jacket that should have been red.
When the old soldier saw two men on horseback and swords coming, he tremblingly raised his spear and shouted: "Who are they?"
Fortunately, vigilance is okay.
"The new Baihu is here to take over the handover. Go back and report immediately." Tu Shanyue shouted, then took out an appointment letter and moved forward.
The old pawn quickly stepped forward to salute. The younger one had seen hundreds of adults. Then he ran back quickly.
"Master Xin Baihu is here, Master Xin Baihu is here."
This old immortal ran and shouted all the way.
Everyone in the village came out. There were many kids running out to watch the fun.
Yang Fan followed Tu Shanyue to the official hall in the center of the village and dismounted.
Several military attaches gathered around a fat man to greet him in front of the official hall.
The fat man wiped his sweat while waiting.
Tu Shanyue took Yang Fan off his horse and walked in front of several people and handed them over.
"I, Hu Dahai, a householder in the rocky beach, have met Shangguan." The fat man bowed respectfully to Xiao Niangpi.
Xiao Niangpi nodded arrogantly. She also had another identity, the person in charge of the Jinyi Guard stationed in Zunhua Guard. To put it bluntly, these military attaches are under public surveillance. The people at the health center were always careful with her, for fear of offending this aunt.
"I have brought you the new couple, and your transfer has been taken care of for you. From now on, you will go to Huai'an, the land of plenty and plenty, to enjoy your happiness." Xiao Niangpi said.
"Thank you Lord Tushan, thank you Miss Tushan." The fat man quickly knelt down and kowtowed. It can be seen that this guy has found a good place for himself to retire. I just don’t know how much money was spent on Tu Shan and his daughter.
"Okay, okay. Stop playing with these nonsense. Hand over the errands quickly and get out of here." Xiao Niangpi waved her hand impatiently.
The fat man quickly got up and waved, and several military attachés came over.
"Master Yang, let me introduce you." The fat man said with a smile on his face, holding Yang Fan's hand affectionately.
He could see that this black boy was not bad looking. Didn't you see that Miss Tushan looked at him differently? This person must be treated well. I will go to the south to be happy soon. Don't let things go unnecessarily.
"These are the officers from our Luoshitan Baihu Station."
After greeting each other with more than a dozen officers, Hu Baihu began to introduce the situation of Baihu Station.
In terms of staffing:
There are two general flags, ten small flags, one person for clerk, one person for money and food, one person for weapons, and one doctor. There are also two soldiers and a groom. There are forty-three soldiers.
The complete establishment of a hundred households in the Ming Dynasty was 120 people, including 100 soldiers.
On preparation:
One hundred households have two general banners under their jurisdiction.
The headquarters has five small banners, each with ten soldiers, plus six officers, for a total of fifty-six people.
In other words, for each hundred households, there are 112 actual combat officers and soldiers.
The remaining eight people include one person from a hundred households, two soldiers, one doctor, one groom, one person with weapons, and one person with money and food. One person serves as the messenger.
Equipment situation:
Our institute currently has thirty waist knives, seven iron shields, thirty wooden shields, and sixty sharp spears. Fifteen riding bows, twenty striding bows, and two hundred bowstrings. Ten thousand arrows.
Everyone else, Yang Fan, knew what it was and was a little confused about this magic gun.
Hu Baihu immediately brought a magic gun and showed it on the spot. Yang Fan understood it at a glance.
This is a weapon that combines hot and cold weapons.
Install an iron pipe on the top of a long wooden pole. The bottom side of this iron pipe is drilled to hold lead wires and can be loaded with gunpowder to launch projectiles.
It's just a simple fire gun.
It also comes with a spear head, the tail of which can be installed into the barrel.
When combined, it becomes a spear, and when the spearhead is removed, it becomes a blunderbuss.
The wheel can be used as a heavy weapon such as an iron mace or an iron whip to smash through enemies with heavy armor.
During the battle, the soldiers first lined up in a line, held the head of the wooden pole between their armpits, and installed gunpowder and projectiles. When the enemy rushes twenty steps (about thirty meters) away, first set off the firecracker.
Then quickly install the gun head and use it as a spear.
In the early Ming Dynasty, Taizu ordered that every hundred households should be provided with ten blunderbuss, twenty swords, thirty bows and arrows, and forty spears. Firearms account for 10%.
During the Chenghua Dynasty, the army used ten sharpshooters, five swordsmen each, ten medicine and arrow crossbowmen, and eight sharpshooters, accounting for 32.7%.
By the Wanli period, firearms reached 50%.
All officers are equipped with armor, while soldiers are only equipped with mandarin duck war jackets.
Those with a thousand households and above are senior officers and are equipped with mountain armor. Hundreds of households are made of fish scales. The general flag is made of chain mail, and the small flag is made of chain mail lined with cowhide.
The soldiers were unarmored and were equipped with mandarin duck war coats. The cloth war coat had a cowhide lining inside, which was equivalent to leather armor. There was also a layer of iron mesh on the inside, but the defensive effect was not very good.
In the entire Baihu Office, only the Baihu, the messenger, and the general banner have official horses. Others can buy their own horses.
Langzhong is a doctor, responsible for treating hundreds of subordinate soldiers and civilians, and accompanying them on expeditions during wartime.
The messenger is the messenger who is responsible for delivering military orders and official documents. He is also responsible for explaining the orders and official documents to the officers and soldiers, and writing and reading letters for them. Even military households within a hundred households are responsible for weddings, funerals, and transaction contracts. The vast majority of people in this era are illiterate and cannot survive without documents.
A groom is responsible for raising horses within a hundred households, and managing and maintaining horse gear, weapons and armor for the cavalry within a hundred households.
One Qianliang is responsible for managing the finances of hundreds of households. When hundreds of households want to farm, each household has to hand in grains for farming, which is the land rent. All this requires an accountant.
These days the accountant must be the chief's confidant, and he is relied upon to make false accounts. Usually they will be taken away.
The Ordnance Officer is responsible for the weapons and equipment of the entire Baihu Institute, but in addition to military warehouses, civilian warehouses are also under his management. Seeds, farm tools, cattle, etc. are all under his control. Because Baihusuo is actually a small town, each main banner is a township, and each small banner is a village.
There are more than ten households of farmers in this village. Their household registration is military household, which means that each family must send a strong man to serve as a soldier, and the rest of the family are farmers. Farming is no different from other farmers. To put it bluntly, military households are reserve forces.
Because the guards are hereditary, the establishment and geographical area have been fixed for more than two hundred years since the founding of the country by Zhu Yuanzhang. As the population increases, there are no longer ten households in a small flag. It's basically a village, big or small.
So how many people do these 100 households have? Yang Fan was a little dizzy.
