Chapter 066
The role of role models is huge. As Cheng Shijie rewarded craftsman Huang Lidong heavily, the news quickly spread to all factories in Ning Haijun.
In particular, some skilled craftsmen are working hard and are ready to do something big. Speaking of which, the craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty really had a lot of skills. Although Cheng Shijie gave the Gun Bureau, Armored Crossbow Bureau, Gunpowder Bureau, and Ordnance Bureau tasks that exceeded half of their normal productivity, these craftsmen worked overtime to complete the task. Task.
The purpose was to show his face in front of Cheng Shijie. In just half a month, Cheng Shijie received a total of seventy-eight magically modified versions of Thunder Guns. Even the most difficult large disc in Huang Lidong's mouth was made, as many as six. One hundred and fifty, on average each thunder gun is equipped with eight discs, which can also be called magazines, which is more than enough.
The Armored Crossbow Bureau has produced a total of 2,800 Shanmulang Crossbows, with an average daily output of nearly 200. However, for the more than 2,500 officers and soldiers of the Ning Navy, one Shanmulang Crossbow is enough.
Zhuge Liannu produced 860 units, but the number of arrows was slightly less, totaling more than 150,000. On average, each crossbow machine had 60 arrows, and Zhuge Liannu had more than 30,000 arrows.
These crossbow arrows can be produced so quickly thanks to shrewd craftsmen. Based on the various lathes sent by Sun Yuanhua, especially Zheng Chuanwen, a craftsman from the furniture factory, he invented the animal-powered planer. One piece of equipment can produce more than five thousand crossbow arrows a day. It is dozens of times more efficient than the original manual work.
For this reason, Zheng Chuanwen was awarded 800 taels of silver and 150 acres of land by Cheng Shijie.
Since then, the craftsmen in various factories have been full of energy.
On October 26, the fourth year of Chongzhen, Cheng Shijie issued an order to all Ning Navy officers and soldiers to stop suppressing bandits. The weapons and equipment produced must not be left in the warehouse to give birth. This must be equipped for the officers and soldiers.
As the equipment was produced, Cheng Shijie found that it was necessary to expand the army again.
At the Purple Mountain Ning Naval Camp, as the horn sounded in the morning, the more than 2,500 soldiers staying in the camp got up, put on their clothes, shoes, socks, and leggings and rushed out to gather and start morning exercises.
The gate of the military camp opened, and groups of soldiers carrying about thirty kilograms of equipment poured out. They lined up in a neat queue and started running along the avenue. Countless feet were raised and lowered at the same time. It was very rhythmic, as if Every step touches people's hearts, which is very spectacular.
"Greetings to the Lord Guard!"
"Keep training!"
"yes!"
Cheng Shijie observed the training of Ning Haijun's soldiers. After more than three months of training, this army finally looked like an army.
In more than a month, Ning Haijun has eliminated more than 20 groups of bandits, seized more than 80,000 taels of silver, and provided more than 7,800 free laborers for iron mines, kilns, and coal mines.
Ning Haijun also captured more than 3,400 heads. For this, Cheng Shijie was rewarded with a total of more than 158,000 acres of land. Of course, these lands are only the authority to reclaim wasteland;
Of course, Ning Haijun's soldiers are not without casualties. War cannot avoid casualties. Ning Haijun's soldiers who died in battle, including their families, did not care about death at all.
Because Cheng Shijie gave too much.
The guardsmen of the Ming Army, like the government soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, did not receive military pay. The only way for the Tang army to make a fortune was to go to the battlefield. They brought their own equipment and fought from Liaodong to North Korea and west to the Caspian Sea, because war was the most profitable way.
Ning Haijun fought almost every day. Of course, in this case, the income was also very considerable.
After Ning Haijun's five-kilometer armed cross-country run, they returned to the military camp and began to have breakfast. After breakfast, they rested for half an hour.
While taking a break, Cheng Shijie suddenly noticed a dense crowd outside Ning Haijun's camp. This is when Li Fang went to the coastal islands of the Dongjiang Army and brought back more than a thousand Dongjiang Army soldiers.
The Dongjiang Army is a poor child whose uncle is not close to him and his grandma does not love him. The military salary is not much. With Mao Wenlong being killed, Yuan Chonghuan being Lingchi, Chen Jisheng being killed by the rebels, Huang Long still cannot control the army. The impression is even worse.
At the beginning of the year, Sun Yuanhua directly stopped the military pay and supplies of the Dongjiang Army. Although these Dongjiang Army soldiers had rich combat experience, they had been turned into beggars by hunger.
Kong Youde, Li Jiucheng, Li Yingyuan, and Geng Zhongming ran away from the Dongjiang Army. Later, even Shen Shikui, the deputy general of the Dongjiang Army, also ran away and defected to Sun Yuanhua. However, after the Dongjiang Army's tens of thousands of troops were streamlined, only the Four Associations remained, and more than 80% of the soldiers had to fend for themselves.
Li Fang originally wanted to recruit a navy unit from the Dongjiang Army, but the problem was that although the navy unit was poor, it guarded the sea and could detect smuggling. It was a little oily, so he was not willing to come over at all. This time he was willing to follow Li Fang Although the Dongjiang Army soldiers who came over were skilled in bow and horse, they were all infantry.
In desperation, Li Fang had no choice but to bring more than a thousand soldiers who had crossed the sea to the Purple Mountain Camp.
"Didn't I ask you to recruit the navy? Why did you recruit the infantry?"
"Reporting to the Master of Guards, I will remember your instructions to only recruit soldiers who are physically strong, upright, and have a clean family background. However, they all meet or even exceed this standard. I really don't know how to reject them!"
Cheng Shijie snorted coldly and said: "Li Fang, I see you have never thought of rejecting them. Don't think I can't see through your thoughts!"
Li Fang lowered his voice and said: "Lord Guards, these soldiers are all good soldiers with great strength, upright character, and clean family backgrounds. They were all forced to survive, so they all came to join the Lord Guards. Please also ask Lord Guard, please do a good job and give them a bowl of food!"
If Cheng Shijie didn't want to kill Kong Youde, he wouldn't have wanted these soldiers at all. Originally, he was worried about the lack of equipment and the number of soldiers. But now, with these people, Ning Haijun's total strength directly exceeded 4,300, which is more than 4,300. The original 2,500 people increased to more than 1,800 people.
"These troops are needed for defense!"
Cheng Shijie looked at the new recruits and said: "If you can't practice, don't blame this defense for being unkind. Ning Haijun only wants elites, not trash!"
"Thank you, Lord Guard!"
Li Fang was overjoyed.
He really didn't want to rely on the soldiers of the Dongjiang Army to pull him over. As an innocent man, he just hoped that Cheng Shijie could send troops to annihilate Meng Xianhan and rescue his lover Peng.
Cheng Shijie looked at Li Fang and said: "Don't thank you too quickly, and don't be happy too early. Whether you can stay or not depends on you. You'd better pray now that these old colleagues of yours can live up to their expectations. Ning Haijun will be eliminated at the bottom. After three months, the defense will conduct a strict assessment. If they fail to pass the assessment, where did they come from and where will they go."
At this moment, Shen Mingyu turned around among the new soldiers, and he lowered his voice and said: "Master Guards, I have seen this, most of them are good soldiers, and nine times out of ten they have had human lives on their hands. They are good soldiers!"
"It's expensive to feed these soldiers!"
"We can suppress the bandits..."
"Are there any bandits in Ninghai Prefecture?"
"Yes, there was a gangster named Mao Shiwan. This guy greased the soles of his feet and ran away. He was not caught!"
"We have to put aside the matter of suppressing bandits for the time being. Now that the equipment has arrived, everyone must get familiar with our new equipment!"
Cheng Shijie looked at these uneasy recruits and said, "Congratulations to all of you for joining the Ning Navy."
All the recruits rejoiced.
Cheng Shijie looked at the officers and said: "You may have heard before you came here. Ordinary officers in the Ning Navy are given one or two taels of silver per month. If they are beheaded, they will be rewarded with five taels of silver or ten acres of land. You may have heard this too. I’ve said it before, some people in Ning Haijun’s army are now landlords, who of you owns the most land, come out and tell us!”
At this moment, a dozen of Ning Haijun's veterans raised their hands.
"Liu Qingsong, tell me!"
"I have participated in nine battles, beheaded seventeen levels, captured fifty-nine people, and received a total reward of one thousand and fifty-five acres of land."
"One thousand and fifty-five acres?"
Upon hearing this number, these Dongjiang Army soldiers suddenly became excited.
"Zhou Ning, tell me!"
"Participated in 11 beheadings of humble positions, beheaded 25 levels, captured 38 people, and received a total reward of 820 acres."
"Beheaded for eleven levels of humble rank, captured three people, and received a total reward of one hundred and fifty-five acres!"
Nowadays, the average person in Ning Haijun has more than 100 acres of land, and the least is 75 acres.
The eyes of these Dongjiang Army soldiers burst out with green light, as if they were wolves.
Cheng Shijie continued: "When you join Ning Haijun, your military uniforms, casual clothes, shoes, socks, and bed quilts will all be provided by the army. Two sets of training uniforms and two sets of regular uniforms. A new set of training uniforms will be issued every three months. The idea is to take the endless training uniforms home for your family to wear. Doing so will result in severe punishment for you and your family. Also, a training uniform has been worn for three months and it is still not bad. This general I will deal with your instructor!"
Many recruits actually plan to take their endless military uniforms home for their families to wear.
But the veteran looked contemptuous. Sao Nian, you are so naive! First of all, taking military uniforms out of the military camp is a serious crime and will be recorded as a serious demerit; secondly, wearing military uniforms by civilians is also a serious crime and subject to heavy penalties; finally, with the intensity of Ning Haiwei’s training, a military uniform has already turned into a fishing net after being worn for three months. It is also a felony to give good military uniforms to your family members if you are disheveled.
"Your food is provided in unlimited quantities. As long as you can eat it, you can eat whatever you want. If you are not full, I will punish the cooks and quartermasters. If you waste food, I will punish you!"
Cheng Shijie continued: "Your family members can be taken over and incorporated into the military households for farming. Your children can study at Ning Navy for free. If you are killed in battle, the families of ordinary soldiers can receive a pension of twenty taels of silver." Gold and one hundred acres of land. For this hundred acres of land, your family members can get five years of tax exemption, ten years and a half tax, and eternal family heirlooms. These are the benefits that the families of fallen soldiers deserve. If you do not get the full amount, you I have the right to help the relatives of my comrades to petition this general. Of course, I hope this kind of thing will never happen. If it does happen, this general will skin the relevant person in charge!"
Ning Haijun's soldiers, whether they were veterans or new recruits, cheered.
The lives of soldiers in the Ming Dynasty were really cheap. Fighting was a natural obligation for them. They had no right to ask for anything. Honor was not available to them. Even if they won the battle, the reward was extremely meager.
For example, in the Battle to Resist Japan and Aid Korea, more than 100,000 soldiers fought bloody battles for seven or eight years, resulting in tens of thousands of casualties. They were finally won, but the reward they received was less than one tael of silver per person. It was simply a joke.
If they were killed in battle, their families would be grateful if they could get a few bushels of rice as compensation, let alone money! How much combat effectiveness can an army have if it doesn't get honors, doesn't get due rewards, and doesn't get any compensation for the families of those killed in action?
They became Cheng Shijie's subordinates, and their life was forty taels of silver and one hundred acres of land. You must know that the land price in the Ming Dynasty has always been very stable. Even in the Chongzhen Dynasty, the whole world was smoking, but the land price was still strong. Even dry land cost eight taels of silver. An acre of good paddy field could be sold for ten taels. Two taels of silver.
A hundred acres of pension is equivalent to hundreds of taels of silver. When Ning Haijun goes to war, the spoils of war will be distributed uniformly. When injured, they will be treated with silver and military doctors will be responsible for the treatment, so they don't have to worry. Even if he dies, his family will never have good food and clothing. No matter how you calculate it, you will still make money!
Ning Haijun cheered excitedly: "I am willing to die for the Lord Guard!"
Cheng Shijie asked people to create military certificates for new recruits, and then distributed personal cotton-padded clothes, military uniforms, bedding, lunch boxes, and equipment.
Cheng Shijie was just about to convene officers to discuss the current establishment and reorganization of Ning Haijun. The current Ning Haijun has infantry, cavalry, artillery, navy and other arms, and it also has powerful thunder guns.
In Cheng Shijie's plan, he planned to add a fire support post to each division, with eight 30-round thunderbolts. In the face of thunderbolts that can fire 240 lead bullets at a time, this firepower density can be completely Crush two hundred fire gun soldiers.
The original planned single gun has no meaning of existence. In terms of range, it is not as good as the crossbow, and in terms of power, it is not as good as the thunder gun. As for the artillery, it should be used as direct support firepower under the management of Cheng Shijie.
However, the problem was that just after Cheng Shijie gave the order, the sound of horse hooves sounded outside the camp.
"Master of Defense, Master of Defense..."
Cheng Shijie turned around and saw that it was his old acquaintance Peng Jianhong.
"Brother Peng!"
"Oh, Mr. Cheng, you have really defeated Peng!"
"What are you..."
Peng Jianhong lowered his voice and said: "Something happened. Three days ago, the governor went to sea to prepare to support Liaodong. He encountered rough waves at sea and the governor accidentally fell into the water. Now..."
"Did Lord Futai ask Cheng to go to Dengzhou City?"
"no!"
Peng Jianhong smiled bitterly and said: "I am not of a lower level and have not met Mr. Futai. This matter was ordered by Pan Renxian, the deputy envoy of the Inspectorate!"
Cheng Shijie was slightly startled. He felt something was wrong, and he smelled a conspiracy.
PS: Well, let me tell you, the chapter at 12 o'clock today is no longer available. This is also the last public chapter, so it can be regarded as two in one. It will be put on the shelves tomorrow, I will write a review later. It will be released tomorrow, and I feel the calmest I have ever felt. Because there are no expectations.
