That night, although the temporarily formed Jinghua Cavalry all belonged to the Jinghua Trading Company, they actually came from three sources.
The first source is the Gyeonggi Business Department of Jinghua Trading Company. This Gyeonggi Department usually has several tasks, one of which is specifically responsible for Daning. The reasons are not entirely economic. Another important aspect is that it serves as a highly pragmatic hidden stake, using Daning as the intelligence support point for the Northern Expedition to provide advance intelligence coverage.
This coverage is mainly based on Chahar, supplemented by Tumut, and also includes related forces on the left and right wings of Mongolia such as Transkarkha. The news of Tumut's defeat this day also comes from their monitoring.
The second source is the Tumut Business Department of Jinghua Trading Company. As the name suggests, this "Tumut Department" is specifically responsible for trade in Tumut. Since the basic territory of Tumut at this time (the actual control areas on the left and right wings often change , so here we can only talk about the basics) It is roughly east to Daning, so the Tumote Business Department of Jinghua Trading Company needs to come here to develop business.
The third source is the Liaodong Affairs Department of Jinghua Trading Company. The Ministry of Liaodong Affairs used to divide its business according to the administrative divisions of the Ming Dynasty, that is, it was only responsible for the jurisdiction of the Liaodong governor within the Ming Dynasty, and outside the Ming Dynasty it was only related to the Jurchen ministries and North Korea. However, as Jinghua's strength has gradually strengthened, and Gao Pragmatic has always advocated "internal competition," the special phenomenon of business performance competition between two affairs departments has emerged in many areas. Daning is such a special area.
What's special about it? Especially in Daning, which is basically in a state of isolation and isolation, and its unique institutional attributes.
As mentioned before, during the Ming Dynasty, Liaodong did not have its own administrative envoys' department and administrative envoys' department. The Shandong administrative envoys were also responsible for the "administrative affairs" work in Liaodong, and the Shandong administrative envoys were also responsible for the "inspection and inspection" work in Liaodong. , and so on. In terms of local administration, there are no simple administrative structures such as prefects, prefectures, and county magistrates in Liaodong. Instead, they are directly managed by the local health office, which is the so-called "military control."
However, this does not mean that Liaodong is purely left to the military, or to a group of generals, because Liaodong has a normal military preparation system, in which civilian officials oversee several prefecture- and state-level jurisdictions, such as Gao When pragmatic arrived in Liaodong at the beginning of the year, his position was "Jin Fu Hai Gai Military Preparation", taking charge of the four states of Jin, Fu, Hai and Gai in southern Liaoning.
The current situation in Daning is very interesting. It belongs to the Northern Zhili in terms of administrative divisions, is under the jurisdiction of Governor Ji Liao in terms of military divisions, and is under the jurisdiction of Governor Shuntian in terms of governor settings. However... it does not have a prefect or prefect. Of course, considering its size, it is impossible to set up a magistrate county, so it also has the special model phenomenon of "military control" in Liaodong, which can be said to be very unique.
This specialness creates conditions for Jinghua’s “internal competition”. Jinghua Trading Co., Ltd. is responsible for all land-based foreign trade. Of course, Daning is an area for land-based foreign trade. Therefore, from the perspective of Jinghua Trading Co., Ltd., Daning is its business area. This is no problem. However, its various business divisions have Ning's view is different.
The Gyeonggi Business Department believes that since Daning belongs to Beizhili in terms of administrative planning, of course our department has to carry out work. This is totally fine, right?
The Tumut Business Department believes that Daning is close to the eastern territory of Tumut and is the fulcrum for our department to carry out business in the eastern part of Tumut. It is a necessary place. Of course our department has to carry out work. This is absolutely no problem, right? ?
The Liaodong Business Department gave up at first sight, saying that although Daning temporarily seemed to be "alone in the north of the Great Wall", it had always been the imperial court's support point in northern Xinjiang and was a key link from the north of the Great Wall to Liaodong and North Zhili. The status is exactly the same as that of Shanhaiguan and Jinzhou within the customs, so of course there is no problem for our department to go to Daning to carry out business, right?
So this is a good idea. Daning originally seemed to be a three-part area. However, because internal competition relied on data, the three divisions all believed that working in Daning could improve their performance, so they all went to Daning to develop. As a result, there would often be spectacles in Daning City where the three divisions of the Jinghua Trading Company would all send people over to grab business from each other.
In fact, the internal competition Gao pragmatic said did not refer to such internal competition. His original intention may be to use Jinghua's three major shipyards as an example.
At first, Jinghua Shipyard only had the one in Laizhou. Later, because Gao pragmatically moved to Guangxi, Jinghua's business began to move south, and he began to consider setting up a new shipyard in Guangzhou. However, later due to various reasons, the main plant area of this shipyard was adjusted to Qinzhou, and Jinghua Qinzhou Shipyard became the second shipyard of Jinghua Shipyard.
In essence, it is a branch factory, and in order to distinguish it, from this time on, the original factory area in Laizhou was also separated and called Jinghua Laizhou Shipyard.
Later, Annan began to build the Jingang Shipyard. However, at that time, Gao Pragmatic was not particularly sure about whether Annan could be guaranteed to be permanent. Therefore, the investment level and technical strength of the Jingang Shipyard had been limited for a long time, and it was generally based on ship repair. Mainly, the ability to build by oneself is relatively poor.
But the turning point came quickly. Riding on the east wind of the Yunnan-Burma War, Beijing controlled almost the entire Indochina Peninsula in a short period of time, and Siam was selected as the future core area of southern Xinjiang. Dingnancheng began Large-scale, high-investment construction.
Of course, construction does not end with just building a city or a palace. A city without industrial support obviously has no future and will most likely only become a castle in the air. Therefore, a large number of people in Beijing including Huang Zhiting, Gao Mengnan and even Liu Xin, etc. Following the advice of senior officials, Gao Pragmatic also began to mobilize resources to consolidate the industrial scale of Dingnan.
In this process, a very important industrial transfer was to pack up and move the Jingang Shipyard to Dingnan, leaving only the most basic ship repair business. At the same time, investment in Jinghua Dingnan Shipyard was increased, and Dingnan Shipyard became The third branch of Jinghua Shipyard.
The three major shipyards in Laizhou, Qinzhou and Dingnan are spread thousands of miles apart. Is there no internal competition? of course not. Although the inland river ship construction of the three major shipyards is indeed divided into "mission areas" according to regions, for example, Laizhou Shipyard is responsible for the construction of inland river ships in the entire northern provinces of Ming Dynasty, Qinzhou Shipyard is responsible for the construction of inland river ships in the entire southern provinces of Ming Dynasty, and Dingnan Shipyard Responsible for the construction of inland river vessels in the entire southern Xinjiang region, but this division only stipulates inland river vessels and does not include sea-going vessels.
The construction standards of seagoing ships are much higher than those of inland river ships, and their service life is also longer (although they often need major repairs and minor repairs due to the use environment), so buying a ship in a place that seems far away does not actually have much impact. can compete with each other.
Originally, Laizhou Shipyard, which had the strongest technical strength and the most complete infrastructure, occupied the largest market share. However, Qinzhou gradually caught up with Guangxi's high-quality and cheap wood and took away a lot of the market.
Then came the sudden rise of Dingnan Shipyard. The plant was characterized by not only having good quality and low-priced wood, but also because it was closest to Nanyang, so it also made fine-tuning in the design and manufacturing of some specific parts of Jinghua's ships to make them more durable. More adaptable to Nanyang sea conditions.
As a result, the two major shipyards in Laizhou and Qinzhou felt the pressure, so Laizhou quickly adjusted its thinking and began to develop products that were fine-tuned for the conditions of the Yellow Sea, East China Sea, and Japan, that is, its main business goal was to focus on the "Beiyang System" ".
Qinzhou Shipyard is not looking good at first glance. Good guys, one of you is targeting Beiyang and the other is targeting Nanyang. Are we, Qinzhou, going to drink from the northwest wind? That's definitely not possible. I have to have my own characteristics. Otherwise, what will I eat?
So Qinzhou Shipyard began to think hard and finally found a way: I focus on seaworthiness in all sea conditions! In other words, although my final products are not as good as Laizhou ships in Beiyang and not as good as Dingnan ships in Nanyang, they are worse than Dingnan ships in Beiyang and Laizhou ships in Nanyang. They are most suitable for one-stop trade - -For example, multi-stage trade: shipowners who load goods from the north, stop at Susong, Guangzhou, Luzon, and Malacca for trade, then replenish goods locally, and sell them back all the way.
As a result, such shipowners need a vessel that can better handle various sea conditions, so they may prefer Qinzhou ships.
What is internal competition? This is the internal competition advocated by Gao pragmatism. It is targeted differentiated competition and a competition to create products with different characteristics.
However, the internal competition of Jinghua Trading Company in Daning City is relatively weak, because Jinghua Trading Company is essentially a trading company. It is not responsible for production itself. The goods on hand are produced by various industrial entities of Jinghua. In this way, the purchase channels of the three business divisions are similar. What can we rely on to compete in Daning City? By finding ways to reduce costs.
However, the shipping price of Jinghua products within the Jinghua system is fixed. For example, for the soaps produced by the Jingshi Main Factory of the Jinghua Soap Factory, the Gyeonggi Division of Jinghua Trading Co., Ltd. purchases them at the same price, the Tumote Division purchases the soaps at the same price, and the Liaodong Division purchases the soaps at the same price. Therefore, the three business units wanted to grab more shares in Daning, but they had to find other ways to deal with costs.
The purchase price is the same, how can the cost be optimized? Of course, controlling transportation costs. If there is water transportation, it is the best magic weapon to control transportation costs at that time. However, the water transportation conditions to Daning City are quite poor. Although there is an Old Ha River, the runoff of this river during the dry season is worrying, and it is not a big river in itself, so it is difficult to use it stably. So there is no way, everyone has to go to the horse team. Work hard.
How to work hard on the cavalry team? There are only two points: expanding the scale and reducing the cost of raising horses (not just horses, but also transporting livestock). However, in terms of expanding scale, the Tumut Division has the greatest advantage; in terms of reducing the cost of raising horses, the Liaodong Division has the greatest advantage, so in the end, a magical misplaced competition was actually created.
Wait a minute, what about the Gyeonggi Division? It doesn't matter, they are close to the Beizhili area where Jinghua's industries are densely populated. Although the prices are the same, the main products can be transported together because the transportation distance is short, which also creates a unique advantage.
In short, no matter what, the competition between the three major business divisions in Daning City is quite fierce, and the size of the cavalry of the three parties in Daning is also relatively large. This is the basis for their ability to form a team to rescue the Tumote Army tonight.
At this moment, people from the three major business divisions came together to calculate. The Gyeonggi Division could come up with 1,344 cavalry, and the Tumut Division could come up with 2,863 cavalry. The Liaodong Division was able to put together 2,176 cavalry, and the three parties combined were able to put together nearly 6,400 cavalry. This was no longer a small amount.
Of course, theoretically speaking, more than 6,000 cavalry are definitely not enough to face Chahar's 60,000 army. However, although Tumut suffered a defeat first, he still has more than 20,000 cavalry, so he cannot be regarded as They don’t exist, right?
What's more, the three major divisions of Jinghua all believe that they also have some special advantages. For example, all the cavalry in Jinghua have no night blindness, and they have an obvious advantage in night combat at least in terms of vision.
Another example is that the equipment level of Jinghua Cavalry has always been very good, especially the advantage of firearms. Although firearms are provided to cavalry, both sides are cavalry. During the battle, the firearms may only have one chance to fire due to the conflict, but this is not necessarily the case in night battles - since the opponent cannot see the road ahead clearly, he will be beaten. The possibility of daring to rush directly into the formation after firing a volley is very small, because he has no idea whether the opponent's cavalry has dug a horse trap in advance and laid out traps such as caltrops.
In addition, the cavalry leaders of the three major business divisions also agreed that Burihatu might have expected that the Daning army would not dare to leave the city at night, and would wait until dawn the next day even if they wanted to be rescued, so he had no idea what might happen tonight. There should be no preparation for the reinforcements that appear.
By this time, everyone's discussion has basically been reached, and there is only one thing left to decide: who will be in charge?
This matter is very realistic, because no matter whether the attack tonight is victory or defeat, the general will be the one who takes responsibility. In victory, he is the first contributor; in failure, he is the chief culprit.
However, the "professional title system" that Gao pragmatism has secretly implemented for several years now plays a key role. Everyone can know who is the leader by comparing their "professional titles".
There is no need to explain professional titles, everyone in the Red Dynasty understands it, but the highly pragmatic "professional title system" is actually a smoke bomb. It is actually a military rank system, and it was only changed to the so-called professional title system to deceive others.
Military rank, as everyone in future generations will know, is a title for military personnel. It is awarded mainly based on a soldier's combat literacy, military literacy, business literacy and seniority. Usually, soldiers with higher combat literacy and seniority are awarded the military rank. The higher it is.
In later generations, military ranks were mainly divided into private, non-commissioned officer, lieutenant, colonel, general and marshal. Among them, non-commissioned officers are divided into sergeants, sergeants, corporals, and sergeants; lieutenants are divided into captains, lieutenants, and lieutenants; school officers are mainly divided into colonels, lieutenant colonels, and colonels; general officers are mainly divided into generals, lieutenant generals, and generals. ; The military ranks of each country are different. For example, the Red Dynasty also specially set up the military rank of senior colonel, and the brigadier general of the American Empire is also very special. In fact, the levels of the two military ranks are similar, but they are called differently.
Gao Pragmatic also set the professional titles of his armed servants according to this standard, but changed the names.
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