As soon as these words came out, including Wu Zhong and his daughter, and even the security police standing outside the door looked at Wang Yuanfang in surprise.
Wu Rong blinked and asked curiously: "What is a training base?"
Wang Yuanfang said: "It's the place where troops are trained."
"You trained all the Beihai soldiers? Are you still the 'Supreme Commander'? What grade is that?" Wu Rong frowned and thought for a while, then suddenly said "oh" and said to Wang Yuanfang: "Then you are not with the eighty-year-old The same as the instructor of the Ten Thousand Forbidden Army? Lin Chong with the leopard head? He looks quite strong. You are also good at fists and kicks, right?"
"Miss Wu, there are not that many..." Wang Yuanfang waved his hands quickly, thinking that he had only handled more than 10,000 people in total. Wu Siyu, Ding Guofeng, and Liu Sheng had all brought recruits before. Now the Beihai Naval Training Base has a special training team, and the total number of soldiers he has personally trained does not exceed 1,000.
But before he finished speaking, his guard and messenger came over and stood behind him, saying with a proud face: "Eight hundred thousand forbidden troops are nothing, all the soldiers are trained by our leader."
"Stand at the door!" Wang Yuanfang turned around and gave the guard his head, scolding: "Who let you in!"
"Yes." The guard saluted, turned around and walked out dejectedly.
Wu Zhong and his daughter were stunned for a moment. They didn't expect that the other party was such a big official. All soldiers are trained by him, so they should be treated like a general soldier, right? That's the second grade!
Although Wu Zhong had tried his hand with Yunqi, the king of Duoluoxun County, and taught Bajiquan to the imperial guards, Wu Zhong was young and energetic at that time, and was quickly ostracized. He had no choice but to return to Tianjin Xianshuigu to set up a show. Teach martial arts.
However, Wu Zhong felt that Wang Yuanfang was quite polite in his speech and did not put on any official airs at all. He was completely different from those officials in the south. In the imperial court, not to mention the commander-in-chief, he was the commander-in-chief who was in charge of a hundred or ten people. If he showed his official power, the common people would be afraid of him.
Wu Rong rolled her eyes and asked Wang Yuanfang: "Brother Chen was also a soldier trained by you?"
Wang Yuanfang nodded and said: "He has a good foundation. He has practiced martial arts and learns quickly."
"Even the Chen family wants to learn from you, so aren't you a master?" Wu Rong said, pulling off her apron and throwing it onto the wooden pier next to her. Just when he was about to say more, he felt a pain in his head. When he turned around, he saw Wu Zhong staring at him.
"There are no rules! When guests come, they don't even ask for a glass of water. Just boil the water!"
Wu Rong pursed her lips, and the spark of eagerness in her expression extinguished, so she had no choice but to bend down, pick up the apron, and return to the house.
"Master Wang, please take a seat in the room." Wu Zhongyi cupped his hands and made a gesture of invitation.
In the martial arts world, people say, "You respect me a foot, and I respect you a foot." Even if the other party is a rebel, after all, he is still a general officer, and Wu Zhong, who is dependent on others, cannot put on airs anymore.
This standard small courtyard used by the Public Security Police Station to house prisoners only has a wooden main room, a firewood shed, and a toilet. The main house is divided into two rooms, the left and right. Both rooms have a cast iron stove, which can be used for heating as well as cooking. Wu Zhong currently lives in the west room, and his daughter lives in the east room.
Wang Yuanfang followed Wu Zhong into the west room and sat down at the table. After a while, Wu Rong brought over two cups of tea. Then she glanced at her father and saw that Wu Zhong didn't look at her at all. Then she turned and returned to the east room.
"Master Wang, you are so condescending to come here. The old father and daughter really cannot bear the responsibility." Wu Zhong stood up and finished speaking, and then knelt down.
An old man in his sixties knelt down towards him. Wang Yuanfang couldn't get over this threshold, so he quickly bent down to help him. Unexpectedly, Wu Zhong's entire body seemed to have turned into a stone statue, extremely heavy.
Wang Yuanfang was shocked and tried hard with his arms, but he couldn't lift an inch at all. The opponent's figure still fell slowly, and then he knelt on the ground. Wang Yuanfang, who was holding Wu Zhong's arms, was also bent down. waist.
"I'll go! This old man is so powerful!" Wang Yuanfang thought of Zhao Xin's reminder yesterday and regretted not wearing a stab-proof suit.
In fact, Wu Zhong had already tested Wang Yuanfang's depth by kneeling down. He felt that this "general military officer" also had some abilities, but he was far inferior to Chen Jishan.
However, Wu Zhong also understood that the so-called "general in the army" relied not only on martial arts, but also on strategy. If even the commander-in-chief goes into battle to fight in person, what use are the soldiers below?
Wang Yuanfang said sincerely: "Master Wu, if you can help guide my men, I can also talk to Mr. Zhao, oh, I want to talk to King Zhao and ask for a favor for you. But if you don't want to Go, there’s really nothing I can do about this.”
Wu Zhong looked at Wang Yuanfang and saw that his expression did not seem to be fake. Then he slowly stood up, sat back on the stool and sighed.
At this time, there was a sound on the door behind him, and Wu Rong, who had been eavesdropping, couldn't help but come in and said: "Instructor Wang, is this what you said? My father is going to give you some advice, and then let us father and daughter go back to Qingyun?"
Wang Yuanfang wondered why I became a "teacher"? He nodded and thought for a while before saying: "Master Wu, Miss Wu, I never mean what I say. I will do whatever I can, and I won't agree if I can't do it! Mr. Zhao and I don't , I can still talk to King Zhao.”
Wu Zhong lowered his head and pondered for a long time, knowing that he could not escape this level no matter what. He looked up at his daughter and thought that he had not found his son-in-law yet, and the Wu family didn't even have a queen. If I don't agree, I don't know what will happen if I make that "King Zhao" angry one day.
So he nodded slightly and said in a deep voice: "Please agree to a few conditions, otherwise Wu will not go."
Wang Yuanfang was overjoyed and said quickly: "Master Wu, please tell me."
"First, I will only teach you for three months. How much you can learn depends on the ability of your men; second, although there are no eyesight in the battlefield, they must swear that from now on they will not indiscriminately hurt innocent people or harm the people; Thirdly, even if you learn Bajiquan from the Wu family, you can never say that you are related to the Wu family in Qingyun; fourthly, you cannot use your real name."
Wang Yuanfang heard this and knew that the other party was still afraid of causing trouble to the Qingyun Wu family. So after thinking for a moment, he nodded in agreement. Then he said: "Master Wu, please wait a moment. I will ask someone to arrange the residence of your father and daughter in Beihai Town in advance. Then we will sign a contract and write down all the conditions you mentioned. In addition, In addition, in terms of salary, food and accommodation are free, and your monthly teaching salary is one hundred silver dollars, oh, no, two hundred dollars, what do you think?"
Wu Zhong was stunned after hearing this. At this moment, Wu Rong, who was standing at the door, said, "Two hundred silver dollars? Then if I go, will I also get a salary?"
"Master Wu, if Miss Wu can come, I can add another 150 yuan a month. Do you think that's okay?" After saying that, Wang Yuanfang said a little embarrassedly: "My authority is only so much. If Master Wu feels that If it’s not enough, I can also apply to Mr. Zhao.”
not enough? In the days since they came to Beihai Town, Wu Zhong and his daughter also learned about the quality of Beihai silver coins; five silver coins combined with one tael of silver from the southern court. Two hundred Beihai silver dollars is equivalent to forty taels of snowflake silver, worth four thousand cents. Even Wu Zhong's hometown could buy an acre of water to irrigate the land.
If Wu Rong was counted as one, the father and daughter's monthly salary would equal two acres of irrigated land!
The so-called "watered field" is also called "watered garden" or "garden" among the people. It means that there is a well in the field, which is considered a good field.
During the Qianlong period, fields in the north were cheaper than in the south. One acre of irrigated land in Zhili, Shandong Province cost almost thirty taels. If the location was good, there were boundary trees, and there was a house, it would cost more; The price of dry land with water wells is only a dozen taels per mu.
If you are in the south of the Yangtze River, the dry fields in high townships are less than ten taels per mu, the easily irrigated fields in low townships are ten taels per mu, and the pond land is as high as thirty or forty taels.
After hearing Wang Yuanfang's words, Wu Zhong and his daughter looked at each other, both showing unconcealable surprise. not enough? When Wu Zhong worked as a martial arts teacher in the Duoluoxun County Prince's Palace, he only received three taels of silver and five liters of rice every month.
The salary given by "General Soldier Wang" and "Coach Wang" was so high that even the well-informed Wu Zhong was shocked. And according to what the other party means, it can still rise again.
However, what did he say about "contract" just now? What is that?
Two days later, Wu Zhong, who went by the pseudonym "Old Man Meng", was personally led by Wang Yuanfang to the Northern Navy training base on the east bank of the Xila River. Wu Rong originally wanted to come, but Wu Zhong didn't agree, so she had to look after the house alone.
Just kidding, there is no place in the military camp where women can enter!
However, when Wu Zhong just entered the gate of the training base, he saw two female soldiers wearing green military uniforms walking past.
"I......!"
Seeing Wu Zhong's dumbfounded look, Wang Yuanfang quickly explained: "Master Wu, don't be offended, they are communications corps."
"Signal soldier? Messenger?" The old man stamped his foot and said: "How can you let a female doll do the work of a postman?!"
"Ah? No, Master Wu, the signal corps are not the messengers of the Qing Dynasty. They are responsible for the telecommunications department."
"What is the telecommunications department?"
Wang Yuanfang suddenly felt that it was difficult for him to explain what telegraph communication was to an old man who came from the Qing Dynasty countryside, so he took Wu Zhong directly to the telecommunications room of the training base. The old man stood outside the door and saw three female soldiers wearing headphones sitting in the room. He looked at the shiny black iron boxes and finally asked: "What is this for?"
"You can communicate with people hundreds of thousands of miles away without sending letters or flying pigeons to deliver messages."
"What?! Thousands of miles!!" Wu Zhong stared, leaned forward and looked into the room twice in disbelief, and said to Wang Yuanfang: "Just based on these boxes? That's not a god!"
"This has nothing to do with gods. This is, this is called. In short, this is a scientific issue and has nothing to do with gods and monsters." Wang Yuanfang didn't know if the other party could understand what he said, but he really didn't know how to explain it.
Tell the master of Bajiquan what radio waves are? Isn’t this nonsense!
The three female soldiers in the telecommunications room looked nervously at their immediate superiors and the old man wearing a white hat at the door, and did not dare to ask. It wasn't until Wu Zhong and Wang Yuanfang turned around and left that they breathed a sigh of relief.
A pretty female soldier stroked her chest and said, "The old man's glare just now scared me to death."
Another said: "No, didn't you see? He still has a pigtail on the back of his head! I have been at the base for more than a year, and I have never seen anyone with pigtails come in! Moreover, the chief personally accompanied him On."
The third female soldier said: "Who is this old man? Why did the chief bring him here to us?"
The delicate female soldier said: "I will find someone to ask for lunch, and I will keep it under investigation to get to the bottom of it."
On the other side, Wang Yuanfang led Wu Zhong through a barracks area and finally came to a playground. At this time, Beihai soldiers who were training could be seen everywhere on the playground, running in circles, doing push-ups, and practicing climbing over obstacles and climbing ropes.
The officer who was leading two companies of Sauron soldiers for training saw Wang Yuanfang coming, ran over, saluted, and said loudly: "Comrade chief! The first and second companies of the ninth regiment of army recruits are undergoing physical training. , please give instructions! Zhang Dingfa, captain of the teaching team."
"Take a break. Captain Zhang, have the two companies line up. I have something to announce."
Wu Zhong listened curiously to the questions and answers at the Beihai Navy's barracks. He looked at the soldiers on the playground and saw them all lively. After the officer left, he asked Wang Yuanfang in a low voice: "How many times a month do you know how to do exercises today?" ?”
"Master Wu, Master Meng, you have to practice every day, not just a few times a month, but 365 days a year."
"What? Practicing every day? Not allowed to go home during the Chinese New Year?!" Wu Zhong couldn't help but be stunned after hearing this.
As soon as the whistle blew, the recruits who were undergoing various physical training immediately began to line up. In a blink of an eye, they were already forming horizontal rows and vertical rows. Although they were sweating profusely, they all stood upright and held their heads high. , Wu Zhong was secretly amazed and smacked his lips, he never expected that the Beihai soldiers could order and prohibit them to such an extent.
When he went to Beijing to convey his art, he also met many Eight Banners officers and knew something about the military camp. Although Wu Zhong is just a country boxer now, he has traveled all over the country for many years and read ancient and modern history books, but he has never heard of any army like this.
Speaking of which, the Manchu and Qing military training in the south was actually very frequent in ancient times, mainly because of the strong national power. In ancient times, the intensity and frequency of military training were actually related to the food and treatment of the soldiers and whether the court was rich. Not to mention anything else, just the gunpowder, iron, bows and arrows, horses, etc. consumed in each exercise is a lot of money.
The daily training of the Eight Banners troops of the Qing Army was arranged by each unit. The two wing forward battalions, the Shangsan Banner pro-military battalion, the Eight Banners guard battalions, the officers and soldiers of the Xiaoqi battalion, and the internal and external firearms battalions all practiced mounted shooting, while the infantry battalions specialized in infantry shooting.
The Jianrui camp mainly trains on climbing the city with ladders, and also learns shotgun, water warfare, horse shooting and whip knife. The inner firearms camp mainly practices shotguns and cannons. In the outer firearms camp, they practiced shotgun and water fighting. Half of the people in the forward battalion have to practice shotgun, and in the Xiaoqi battalion, the Han army's Xiaoqi battalion has a shotgun battalion, an artillery battalion and a cannon guard rattan battalion.
In addition, there are "divided exercises" and "big exercises". However, what is interesting is that historically, the formations used by the Eight Banners in "Feng Cao" and "Dai Cao" have been used unchanged for two hundred years, and were not abolished until the formation of the new army in the late Qing Dynasty.
As for the biggest feature of Green Camp, the old training system was inherited from the Ming Dynasty and has been passed down for more than 400 years. Its training method places great emphasis on formations, which must be changed according to the enemy's situation and terrain, and its names are also varied. The place where these formations come into play is the annual general meeting of the Green Camp. It is scheduled on the day of frost. The governor, fu, ti, town and other officials have to personally review the martial arts performance. In addition, there are second-level monthly exercises.
These formations were once criticized by Qi Jiguang as looking at martial arts, but they have to maneuver around, and they are full of flowers and plants; they look at camp formations, but they have to maneuver around them, and they are regarded as drama routines.
It is said that in the first two years when Marshal Fu went to the green camps in Shandong, Henan, Jiangsu and other places, he scolded him. The general idea was that he could still read during regular revisions, but it would be useless if he really wanted to go to war!
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