In the left side hall of the back hall and front yard of the garrison general's office on North Road in Xuanzang Town.
Wei Zhice said: "General, Zhice will discuss with the two governors tomorrow, and the governor's office and the baggage department will jointly mobilize the staff of the experience department of the Wei Department to conduct an inventory of the forts and warehouses on Shangbei Road. , first sort out the inventory, know your own financial situation, what to do next, and make arrangements."
"Well, Zhi Ce is very thoughtful. Your baggage department, craftsmanship, firearms and other departments can all be located at the Yunzhou Craftsman Camp. The old man Shi Tiegen is an old craftsman.
If you think of Pinpin again, if he is suitable, you can ask him to serve as the deputy director of the baggage department and stay in Yunzhou to take charge of the affairs of the craftsmen in each department. As for the person in charge of each department, I plan to conduct some research on the individual skills of the craftsmen in the future. assessment,
Divide them into first, second, and third grades according to their skills. Different grades will receive different rewards for their work, so as to encourage them to study their skills carefully.
From now on, the people in charge of each department will be selected from among those first-class craftsmen, and in the future, those capable first-class craftsmen can also be sent to establish craftsmanship camps in each fort. "
Wei Zhice lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then said: "Yunzhou is indeed good, the location is central, and it is more convenient for all parties to use materials. It is indeed necessary to assess and grade the craftsmen. I will try to figure out a framework in the next few days."
"Well, these are not urgent. When we return from Beijing, we will go into details. You have a plan in mind first. The artillery team and the baggage convoy are also not urgent.
You need to build the frame department first, select some suitable craftsmen, and then make the frame properly according to the styles of the gun carriages and side chariots in the "New Book of Records" and "Records of Military Training". You can also first select suitable people from each camp to serve as gunners.
As for the bargemen, they can also be selected from the military households of each fort in the future. The helmsmen and baggage soldiers will be replenished with the soldiers eliminated from the infantry camp. If there are insufficient numbers, they will be recruited separately. "
Wei Zhice nodded and continued: "Zhice will handle the matter of the carriage camp according to the general's instructions, as well as the military medical department. Zhice means to gather all the medical doctors in our army first, and then select some smart ones. Sergeants, teach them how to deal with rough battle injuries, which will make up for the shortage of doctors in the army.
After everything is stabilized, some doctors will be recruited from various castle medical clinics to supplement the shortage of military doctors in each battalion. At the same time, some young people will be recruited in the military medical department to teach them how to treat war wounds, so as to supplement the doctors in the future. "
"Haha, I knew I would never go wrong leaving this baggage in your hands!"
The three of them laughed together again.
Zhang Cheng turned his attention to Chen Zhong and said to him: "Chen Zhong, have all the proceeds from the bandits been put into the treasury?"
Chen Zhong replied: "The proceeds from the previous suppression of bandits have been collected into the Yunzhou New Army and Dushi New Army Camps. Roughly calculated, there are about thirty-six thousand taels of silver, more than thirty mules, horses and pack horses, and seven war horses." , there are more than 6,700 stones of grain, which can solve our shortage of money and grain."
Wei Zhice said in surprise: "Hey, this bandit is actually richer than the governor's yamen, and the proceeds from the suppression of the bandits are much better than what the governor Liu gave him!"
Zhang Cheng also smiled and said: "Haha, these bandits are doing everything they can. Each village and village has a lot of gold, silver and grain. The Shangbei Road is still in ruins, but it is already so rich. harvest.”
"It's a pity that all the bandits on the Shangbei Road have been wiped out. The few remaining ones who are quick to react have also moved to other roads. I'm afraid there will be no bandits to suppress from now on!" Chen Zhong said with some regret.
"Hey, how could Chen Zhong think like this? If I go to the north road to cut off the banditry, the green mountains and rivers don't mean that my general's governance has been successful. Is it possible that you still hope that if we go to the north road, bandits will be everywhere and everything will be devastated?" Wei Zhice took the opportunity to say something. Making fun of Chen Zhong.
Zhang Cheng stood up and walked to the window. He looked at the sky outside and said loudly: "Huh, if the bandits on Shangbei Road are wiped out, then go to Xiabei Road and Zhongbei Road to wipe out the bandits. If the bandits on the entire North Road are wiped out,
We will go to the East Road, South Road, and West Road. As long as there are bandits in the world, no matter where they are, we will eradicate them. The money and food stolen by these thieves can only be used by me, Zhang Cheng. "
Wei Zhice and Chen Zhong looked at Zhang Cheng standing by the window. A ray of sunlight slanted in from the carved window. Under the sunset, they only felt that Zhang Cheng's body was extremely majestic, as if he was like a god, as if he was carrying everything in the world.
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On May 25th, Zhang Cheng and his officers and generals had gathered here at the Grand Campus three miles north of Dushikou Fort.
After yesterday's meeting, we had already given orders that military drills would be conducted at the university campus in the north of the city today at noon. This training ground was also built during the Xuande period and was the place where troops were stationed at Dushikou for their autumn drills. It's also rundown.
On March 22, the ninth year of Xuande's reign, all the frontier troops who had been stationed at Kaipingkou moved inward to Dushikou Fort, and their families were placed nearby in Chicheng, Yunzhou, Maying, Dushi and other forts. "Leave the 3,312 men of Pingping Guards to guard Monolith, and follow them."
Later, in order to strengthen the defense matters in various places, the Kaiping officers and soldiers who moved inward were assigned to various forts. "The number of garrison troops assigned to each castle was 1,500 per stone, 500 each for Yunzhou and Chicheng, 500 for each of Ma Ying and Zhen. Ange four hundred."
At this time, the teaching field was already filled with sergeants of all sizes who were stationed at Dushikou Castle.
The weather at the end of May was already extremely hot. Although it was a small glacier climate at this time, it did not affect the heat of summer and was not very refreshing.
In the sunny north of Ming Dynasty, a white cloud occasionally floats across the sky. The military uniforms worn by the frontier soldiers below are all worn out, and all of them are in disgraceful appearance and look listless.
What is even more lamentable is that there are 1,572 people on the Dushikou sergeant roster, but there are not enough 800 people in the teaching field at this time.
There should be one division, one division and two bureaus of sergeants at Dushikou. One division is stationed at Beizha Pass, and the two bureaus are stationed at East and Xizha Pass respectively. There should be 899 sergeants from the first division stationed at this school ground.
At this time, one banner sergeant was stationed at each of the three gates, and the rest gathered here to check. There should be 1,461 sergeants, but there were only a few of them in the school grounds.
Jin Xinpeng stood next to Zhang Cheng. He pointed to a group of sergeants in the school field and said: "General, that is Commander Qian Jin Yong. The black man next to him is General Commander Qiu Yingquan. Here are the direct descendants of the lower officials. There are elite and close Three hundred men and horses.”
Zhang Cheng followed his instructions and saw a neatly dressed general standing at the front. There was a strong man like a black iron tower less than two steps behind him, and behind him were a group of sergeants.
Yes, it is a group of sergeants, not a team. There are nearly 300 sergeants here. Their military uniforms are also quite neat. They appear to be more energetic than the surrounding sergeants, but they are loose and have no feeling of formation at all. .
